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Evolution of dog food, Bad FoodRendering companies take these animals and turn them into feed ingredients that are then sold to pet food manufacturers. Animals that have been condemned for drug residues (hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, etc.) are part of this source. By-products can even include the dogs, cats, and horses that have been euthanized (put to sleep with a drug overdose). And, if you're a good label detective, you'll see these ingredients listed in the first few lines in a pet food ingredient list. Why? This is the protein. How usable it is or how toxic it is doesn?t seem to matter as much as the bottom line: it's cheap. Commercial food is born. Another common unhealthy ingredient is the preservatives, ever wonder how a 'complete' food could last on the shelf in a paper bag without going mouldy for weeks to months? BHT, BHA, and ethoxyquin are the usual ones used in pet foods. These are toxic, the last one actually classed chemically as a pesticide! |
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