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Glycerin: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

Today we move to the letter “G” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Glycerin as our ingredient of the day. What is Glycerin? Glycerin, is a sweetener and binder (humectant) that is commonly produced ...

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Fennel: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

Today we move to the letter “F” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Fennel as our ingredient of the day. What is Fennel? Fennel is a perennial, aromatic herb with yellow flowers and a bulb like stem....

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Enterococcus Faecium: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

Today we move to the letter “E” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring Enterococcus Faecium as our ingredient of the day.  Admittedly, this is a tough ingredient to understand and there is some conflicting,...

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Dandelion Greens: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

Today we are on letter “D” of the A to Z Challenge and are featuring Dandelion Greens as our ingredient of the day. What are Dandelion Greens? Dandelions are part of the Sunflower family of plants and are official...

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Calcium Carbonate: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

On the 3rd day of the A to Z challenge, we move on to the letter “C”, and we have chosen Calcium Carbonate as our pet food ingredient of the day. What is Calcium Carbonate? According to Wikipedia, Calcium Carbona...

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Biotin: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

On the 2nd day of the A to Z challenge, we move on to the letter “B”, and we have chosen Biotin as our pet food ingredient of the day. What is Biotin? Biotin is a water soluble B vitamin that is essential for pro...

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Ascorbic Acid: Pet Food Ingredients A to Z

We often say that reading a pet food label shouldn’t be rocket science (even though a few of us here at Petnet have worked as rocket scientists ).  Pet food labels are long and confusing to most people, yet, it is ver...

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Ingredient Label Tricks: Ingredient Splitting

Looking at the ingredient list on a dog food label is tricky.  In many cases, the lists are long and contain names of ingredients that we are not familiar with.  Simply looking at the first few ingredients is not alwa...

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Pet Food Labels Suck- Part 2

In our last post “Why Pet Food Labels Suck- Part 1”, we discussed the problems with using the feeding instructions on pet food labels.  Following these can easily result in over-feeding.   Today we will examine the mo...

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Why Pet Food Labels Suck – Part 1

I often wonder why we have such a massive pet obesity problem in this country. As you would suspect, the answer isn't maliciousness or lack of caring, but rather, general misinformation (and a little laziness)!  Let's...

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Not sure if your pet is fat?

In the last post, “How Much Does it Cost to Have a Chubby Pet?”, we discussed the alarming facts and figures related to the national pet weight/obesity problem.  Today we will talk about how you can evaluate if your p...