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Calculating Pet Food Dry Matter Basis

Pet owners often wonder whether their dog food is high in protein, fat, or carbohydrates- the macro nutrients of the food.  Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is not easily attainable from the dog food label...

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Dog Food Evaluation- A “Natural” Approach

We are often asked by dog owners to rate or comment on their dog’s food.  As people become more educated about the commercial dog food industry, they are more interested than ever in understanding what they are servin...

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Venison: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

We continue our Pet Food Ingredients A to Z series with the letter “V”. Today's ingredient is Venison. What is Venison? Venison is the meat of the game animal deer.  Deer is a member of the Cervidae family. Common...

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Quail: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

We now move to the letter “Q” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Quail as our ingredient of the day. What is Quail? Quail is a collective name for several families of mid-sized birds generally consider...

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Oat Fiber: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

We now move to the letter “O” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Oat Fiber as our ingredient of the day. What is Oat Fiber? Oat Fiber is derived from Oats, a type of cereal grain that is commonly us...

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Meat: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

We now move to the letter “M” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring “Meat” as our ingredient of the day. What is Meat? According to dictionary.com, the definition of Meat is: the flesh of animals as us...

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Herring: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

Today we move to the letter “H” in our Ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Herring as our ingredient of the day. What is Herring? According to Wikipedia, Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the fam...