GoingNorth
Crazy Cat Lady
Stang, you do want a food that is AACO complete, BUT you could have all the protein in the food come from feathers, or worse yet, from dead. down. decomposing meat.
'Meat Digest" is made by fermenting the parts of the animal not even suitable for making soap out of, stirring that with a little fat, and spraying all over the little cornballs to make them tasty.
"Meat" is anything that can be scraped;/hosed off the floor of a slaughterhouse. Meat byproducts are anything from parts of the animal banned from human consumption, to diseased animals picked up off of farms and the like.
Fish meal is made from the waste products secondary to the processing of sardines and the like on factory ships. If the mfr is proud of his product and what goes into it, you can best beleive you will see herring, salmon, etc. on the label.
Fish meal is actually a good feed and very rich in omega fatty acids so long as it is processed and handled properly.
There is NO place for any type of 'gluten meal' in pet foods. Neither dogs nor cats can digest the stuff. It's a filler than makes the protein content on label look higher.
Don't just look at prices, either--especially at WalMart. Beneful and IAMs are both marketed as premium foods. Both are ****, though if forced to take the choice I would chose the IAMs.
Note that IAMs/Eukanuba and Hill's are both owned by immense international companies specializing in soaps, detergents, skin care products, etc.
Buy one of their products and you are basically getting what is left over after the soap is made.
'Meat Digest" is made by fermenting the parts of the animal not even suitable for making soap out of, stirring that with a little fat, and spraying all over the little cornballs to make them tasty.
"Meat" is anything that can be scraped;/hosed off the floor of a slaughterhouse. Meat byproducts are anything from parts of the animal banned from human consumption, to diseased animals picked up off of farms and the like.
Fish meal is made from the waste products secondary to the processing of sardines and the like on factory ships. If the mfr is proud of his product and what goes into it, you can best beleive you will see herring, salmon, etc. on the label.
Fish meal is actually a good feed and very rich in omega fatty acids so long as it is processed and handled properly.
There is NO place for any type of 'gluten meal' in pet foods. Neither dogs nor cats can digest the stuff. It's a filler than makes the protein content on label look higher.
Don't just look at prices, either--especially at WalMart. Beneful and IAMs are both marketed as premium foods. Both are ****, though if forced to take the choice I would chose the IAMs.
Note that IAMs/Eukanuba and Hill's are both owned by immense international companies specializing in soaps, detergents, skin care products, etc.
Buy one of their products and you are basically getting what is left over after the soap is made.