Bad Dog Food Ingredients
WORST DOG FOOD EXPLAINED – Dangerous Dog Food Ingredients – Reduce dog allergies
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Reduce dog allergies, arthritis in dogs, chronic gastrointestinal problems in dogs, chronic skin/ear issues, and extend your dog’s life, just by avoiding the ingredients listed below.
WHY SHOULD YOU QUESTION the PET FOOD INDUSTRY ? :
- You’ll see this on most dog food bags: “Our pet foods are made following AAFCO guidelines and must pass stringent testing.” This disclaimer really doesn’t mean the food is healthy. READ MORE ABOUT THE DISCLAIMER HERE.
- See my Top 7 Worst Dog Food Brands Here
- See my Top 10 Best Dog Food Brands Here
- Did you know that Dangerous Dog Food Ingredients that Cause Diseases, Illnesses, Allergies and Death are legally allowed, approved and added to our companion animals food by government agencies that monitor our pet food industry? MORE DETAILS HERE…..
“It is insane to have veterinary diet companies defend the feeding of gluten (wheat, barley, rye), dairy products (those from cow’s milk), soy, and corn to dogs and cats as if it was on par with meat. This could not be further from the truth. But…they have to use some carb in order to make a kibble that can sit in the bag unrefrigerated for months on end and still keep weight on the dog Read more from Dr. Symes (Dogtor J) – ….here…. Also See more from Dogtor J ….here….. and …..here…..
BEEF AND BONE MEAL – (protein source): A byproduct made from beef parts which are not suitable for human consumption. It can incorporate the entire cow, including the bones, but the quality cuts of meat are always removed. This is an inexpensive, low quality ingredient used to boost the protein percentage. |
MEAT BY-PRODUCT – (protein source): Pet grade meat by-products consist of organs and parts either not desired, or condemned, for human consumption. This can include bones, blood, intestines, lungs, ligaments, heads, feet, and feathers. – This can also include the dreaded 4 D’s – ( Dead, dying, diseased or dying prior to slaugther). The animal parts used can be obtained from any source, so there is no control over quality or contamination. Any kind of animal can be included: goats, pigs, horses, rats, misc. roadkill, animals euthanized at shelters and so on. It can also include pus, cancerous tissue, and decomposed (spoiled) tissue.
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MEAT AND BONE MEAL – (protein source): The animal parts used can be obtained from any source, so there is no control over quality or contamination. Any kind of animal can be included: “4-D animals” (dead, diseased, disabled, or dying prior to slaughter), goats, pigs, horses, rats, misc. roadkill, animals euthanized at shelters and so on. It can also include pus, cancerous tissue, and decomposed (spoiled) tissue. |
| BEEF TALLOW – (fat source): Used to make lower quality dog foods palatable, instead of using quality fat sources such as nutritionally rich chicken fat, or human grade vegetable oil. |
ANIMAL FAT – (fat source): Animal fat is a “generic” fat source that is most often made up of rendered animal fat, restaurant grease, or other oils too rancid or deemed inedible for humans. Look for a named fat source, such as poultry or chicken fat, that is naturally preserved. |
CORN – (filler/fibre source/vegetable): *NOTE: no redeemable nutritious value in any dog food listing this as their first ingredient. It is a useless filler that is a known cause of allergies and is difficult for dogs to digest. |
CORN OR WHEAT GLUTEN MEAL – (Binder): This is the remainder of the corn after the best parts of the corn have been removed. It does absolutely nothing for the animal and actually is difficult to digest and is used as a cheap binder. |
WHEAT FLOUR – (fibre source): Wheat is the leading cause of dog allergies. Absolutely useless with no nutritional value whatsoever. This is the fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and the offal from the “tail of the mill.” “Tail of the mill” means the floor sweepings of leftovers in the mill after everything has been processed from the wheat. |
| FOOD FRAGMENTS – (filler/fibre source/carbohydrate source): Low cost by-products and left overs from another food manufacturing process. Examples include WHEAT MIDDLINGS AND SHORTS, (Floor sweepings), WHEAT GERM MEAL, WHEAT BRAN and BREWER’S RICE (a waste product of the alcohol industry). Also look for and avoid fragments which are labelled POTATO PRODUCT, MIDDLINGS/MIDS or MILL RUN of any kind. Unspecified grain sources like :CEREAL FOOD FINES, CORN BRAN, OAT HULLS, RICE HULLS, PEANUT HULLS, DISTILLERS GRAIN FERMENTATION SOLUBLES, and last but not least CELLULOSE (which is wood which is dried and ground up) *NOTE: These ingredients listed above are all ALLOWED AS ACCEPTABLE INGREDIENTS IN THE AAFCO GUIDELINES!!!!!! |
| SOY FLOUR – (filler/carbohydrate): Another cheap allergy causing ingredient used as a filler. This is the leftover “dust” after the healthy cleaned and dehulled soybeans are processed. Sometimes sweepings from the factory floor. |
| BREWER’S RICE – (carbohydrate source): A cheap substitute for whole grain rice. |
SUGAR – (flavour soure) : Also listed as Cane molasses , corn syrup in any form, sugar, sorbitol, sucrose, fructose, glucose, ammoniated glycyrrhizin, propylene glycol.) : Useless, uneccessary and adds empty calories. Bad ingredients used by companies to make food more palatable to the animals if the ingredients themselves aren’t enough to make the dog or cat actually want to eat it. Used to cover up rotten and rancid foods, and is known to cause hypoglycemia, obesity, nervousness, cataracts, tooth decay, arthritis and allergies. |
ANIMAL DIGEST – (flavouring agent): Unspecified parts of unspecified animals, cooked down into a goopy broth (rendered) and used as a spray on or added directly to the food. The grease that rises to the top is used as a source of fat and the rest of the mash is dried and used as “meat meal”. No quality control is used and this can include “4-D animals” (dead, diseased, disabled, or dying prior to slaughter), goats, pigs, horses, rats, misc. roadkill, animals euthanized at shelters, restaurant and supermarket refuse and so on. ABOUT THE RENDERING PROCESS: All these undesirable ingredients & by products are “denatured” before rendering. Denaturing is spraying crude carbolic acid, cresylic disinfectant or citronella on these dregs. ( *NOTE: THESE DENATURING PRODUCTS ARE TOXIC.) READ MY ARTICLE HERE WITH MORE ABOUT THE RENDERING PROCESS……. |
COLOURING (Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Titanium Dioxide): Any colouring is completely unnecessary and should be avoided. Your dog doesn’t care about the pretty coloured shapes, and artifical dyes and colouring agents are known cancer causing agent, and also causes allergies. Used in “junk dog food”. |
Used in antifreeze solutions, in hydraulic fluids, and as a solvent. May be toxic if consumed in large amounts, and should definitely not be an ingredient in a food an animal will eat daily for weeks, months or even years of its life. This is not allowed for use in Europe as the findings have shown it to be dangerous. |
Banned from human use in many countries but still permitted in the US. Possible human carcinogen, apparently carcinogenic in animal experiments. Ethoxyquin has also been used as a pesticide for fruit. It has never been proven to be safe for the lifespan of a companion animal. It has been linked to thyroid, kidney, reproductive and immune related illnesses as well as cancer. |
Used in Kibbles n Bits – I really can’t find out why they use it but it is a caustic chemical agent used in the production of chlorides, fertilizers, and dyes. Hydrochloric acid can cause immediate pain and burns of the mouth, throat, esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Simple common sense would indicate not to use this as a pet food ingredient! |
*NOTE: MENADIONE SODIUM BISULFITE This synthetic version of vitamin K has not been specifically approved for long term use, such as in pet food. It has been linked to many serious health issues. If you are not aware of this, it sounds like one of the healthy vitamins, but beware.
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NOTE: **As a veterinarian, Dr. Andrew Jones has revealed that he was taught very little about dog or cat food at university. He received less than 8 hours of instruction on pet food.
At University the LARGE food companies sponsored events for students, gave presentations on pet food, and awarded scholarships.
Selling Pet Food is a Big Source of income for many veterinarians.
According to Dr. Andrew Jones, “MOST Veterinarians have little knowledge about Pet nutrition, and they have strong FINANCIAL INCENTIVES to NOT change”. Can you see how you should Question their Pet Food recommendation?
The above Bad Dog Food Ingredients fed on a regular, daily basis for the life of your dog will cause more harm than we previously knew. It is basically like us eating hotdogs only, for the rest of our lives. We all know that is unhealthy.
Variety and addition of a mixture of healthy food will extend your pet’s life.
This site is constructed and run by a special interest group that has no formal education or training in veterinary nutrition, or any other kind, for that matter. You are trying to scare people into buying only the pet foods that your advertisers sell. The terms you use, such as “human grade” and “holistic” have no legal definition. They are meant to deceive pet owners into thinking they’re getting higher quality food. The so-called “dangerous” and “bad” ingredients you preach against are things that are healthy and fine to eat. The number one allergen of dogs is beef, followed by dairy and fish. Only 1% of dogs are allergic to corn or grains, and this can only be confirmed by special tests performed by a veterinarian or an exclusive feeding trial. Corn is full of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which play an important role in maintaining healthy skin and coat. A by-product is simply something that is produced during the making of something else. For instance, vitamin E is a by-products of soybean processing. So how can you state that all by-products are “bad” and “dangerous”? You are sadly misinformed and need to stop advising others until you get some education in the real world and not just by trolling the internet. I’ve been a certified veterinary technician for 10 years and have had hundreds of hours of training on nutrition (and not from special interest groups or food manufacturers). I do know what I’m talking about. Fear mongers like you make me angry because you do so much harm by scaring pet owners who are trying to do the right thing.
First of all thank you for visiting.
A point by point answer is my best way on replying to this, with links as I have already answered these question through out my site. The side bars on the right and left of the post contain links to all my different articles, references, recommendations, recipes etc. I am more than this one post.
in veterinary nutrition, or any other kind, for that matter. You are trying to scare people into buying only the pet foods that your advertisers sell.
MY REPLY: I am not a special interest group, but an individual who cares about the lies of the pet food industry and am just simplyvtrying to spread some factual information to those who wish to know more.
I am the sole admin of this site and if you had read any other page than this one you find why, when and how I started my own personal investigations. SEE HERE, HERE, http://recipes4gourmetdogs.com/canine-cancer/ AND HERE.
I am not “trying to scare people into buying anything.” Once again my main
reason is to inform, help and teach those who are interested and show the alternate choices to bad dog food. I really don’t have any advertisers. Amazon sells dog food. I use Amazon as my example, but they are not “mine”. Any of the foods that I recommend are available at any local pet food stores, and dozens on online pet stores, which I haven’t named or used. Every one is encouraged to find and use the store of their choice.
They are meant to deceive pet owners into thinking they’re getting higher quality food.
MY REPLY: I agree and I have stated this exact same thing on my home page HERE : “NATURAL DOG FOOD – CAUTION – “NATURAL DOES NOT ALWAYS = GOOD” Remember to read and check the labels of any food labelled “all natural” as this term is used in a lot of dog food products that still contain chemicals, preservatives and other artificial ingredients.”
My main focus of my site is feeding a properly prepared, highly nutritious homemade dog food diet, which I also
have stated on the main page HERE, and I have a list of Good Dog Food Ingredient to Look for on your label here.
I provide many vet apporved homemade dog food recipes (free) from Dr. Jones, DVM and Canadian vet, along with Dr. Pitcairn, DVM. and Dr. Grant Nixon, DVM. (Better Food for Dogs)
These vets all have extensive guides and book about pet health and nutrition and are also available at book stores, online and the library. I have all these books, plus about a dozen more books written by veterinarians and non-veterinarians, (and Ann N. Martin – Food Pets Die For), and recommend reading them for
correct and up to date information. – I won’t post a link here to the books for fear of being accused of scaring somenone into buying something the do not really want.
MY REPLY; NO, THEY ARE NOT:
A LITTLE READING NEVER HURTS ANYONE, START HERE:
WHAT’S REALLY IN PET FOOD FROM THE Animal Protection Institue (API)
The Pet Food Ingredient Game, BY Dr. R Wysong.
Selecting a Commercial Pet Foor from Born Free USA.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PAPER – How Current Regulations Result in Confused Owners and Diseased Pets
– Canid Genetics
– Dog Food Advisor – Opinion Are Dogs Carnivors?
– Dogs are Carnivores, by Jeannie Thomason.
– Rawfed.com
– Myth: DOGS ARE OMNIVORES.
- Nature Works – Carnivores
– What is a Carnivore?
- Vet Balance – Carnivores vs. Ominvores
– Op Ed News, Are Dogs Carnivores?
– definition – Carnivore
– When and where your dog evolved from the wolf
Only 1% of dogs are allergic to corn or grains, and this can only be confirmed by special tests
performed by a veterinarian or an exclusive feeding trial.
MY REPLY: Read the AAFCO feeding trial requirements here.
A succinct and fact based article worth reading @ The Dog Food Advisor – The Truth About Corn in Dog Food and Canine Diseases Linked to Grains in Dog Food (Part 2)
My article about dogs and allergies.
MY REPLY: YES, Corn, in its fresh state is a wonderful, nutrient packed vegetable. I use fresh wholesome corn in my dog’s homemade food.
The “corn” used in pet food is the leftovers, (crushed cobs, etc.), after the goodness is removed for human consumption.
For instance, vitamin E is a by-products of soybean processing.
So how can you state that all by-products are “bad” and “dangerous”?
MY REPLY: See my reply above about corn. That is a by-product, which in effect is a left over. The left over used in pet foods are undesirable in use for human consumption. I do not state all by-products are bad or dangerous. Meat by-products are rendered, undesirable, bad and dangerous.
My top 7 worst dog food list which are mostly corn, grain fillers, by products and chemicals
More about bad dog food ingredients here.
More about what should be in good dog food, with a side by side comparison of a good dog food and a bad dog food
As for the rest, I am not a troll.
I do not undertand the anger aimed at my facts. Although I am not trained in the veterinary sciences, I have also read and educated myself about pet nutrition through the help of books, veterinarians and educational papers and documents and fact sheets that we all should read which are available on the internet. My judgement is not clouded by pre conceived and learned ideas from a school which is sponsered large corporations selling pet food for profit.
Dr. Jones and Dr. Symes (links from Dr. Symes at top of this post), both state that they were sponsored by special interest groups or food manufacturers during and after vet school, as most veterinarians are.
I am not trying to iduce fear, shame, guilt or harm. As I state in my first page: “I am not a vet or animal nutritionist, so always check with your own authority with any questions or problems. This is just a general starting guide for anyone interested in upgrading their pet’s diet.”
Jane
What brand of food do you recommend please?
Hi Judy and thank you for visiting:
For more info, Both side bars at the top of this site have all the different catergories of best dog foods listed.
Jane
So what is a good purchased dog food brand?
We have used a home made diet before for our lab, but it was so much work we aren’t using it for our new lab. Thanks
Hi Susan:
I have many “favourites”, and only recommend what I would feed my labs.
As you can see there are many reputable, conscientious companies that are trying to improve out pet’s health, and many more choices of excellent foods are becoming available.
Jane
What about super coat food
@ Kylie McNamara – Thank you for visiting.
That seems to be a specific brand to Australia. (I’m in Canada) I checked the website here.
Ingredients in the Chicken Formula are listed as:
Meat & meat by-products (from chicken, beef and/or lamb) and/or poultry by-products; wholegrain cereals (wheat and/or sorghum); cereal by-products and/or vegetable proteins; other cereals; minerals and vitamins ; beet pulp; garlic, rosemary plant extract.
I highlighted the undesirable ingredients, and that doesn’t seem to leave any “good ingredients”.
I wouldn’t recommend this personally. I’m not sure of the choices you have there, but here is my Best Dog Food Brands listed alphabetically.
See my list of good ingredients you do want in your dog food.
More info about what you do not want in your dog’s food here.
Here is an easy to follow TEST to see how healthy the food you are using now is. I have examples of good vs. bad dog food and a side by side comparison showing the difference.
Jane
We have huskies & a malamute. They are on Eukaneba lamb & rice. Is this a good food for them? Is there something better but at a reasonable price?
@ Marvee Mink – Thanks for visiting
Check out my list of best dog foods here.
I have a top 10 list of best dog foods here.
Jane
DOG FOODS CAN KILL YOUR DOG OR MAKE IT SICK. Feed only holistic dog foods to avoid the road kill, shavings, fat, corn and wheat that are cheap, unhealthy fillers that cause cancer, and disease. Get knowledge and learn what ‘byproduccts’ are. Buy only Holistic foods with no corn, sugar, fat, wheat, or byproducts. Let your pets live a happier, healthier, and longer life if you love them.