Pet Food Danger Gauge 66% - Dangerous and Toxic To Pets

Animal Fats - Used to encourage a pet to eat ingredients they normally would not eat. Ingestion may lead to gastrointestinal upset or even pancreatitis. This can be a very painful condition for dogs. In addition, most companion animals do not need extra fat in their diets.

Beet Pulp is another cheap filler used by pet food companies. "Beet Pulp" sounds good, doesn't it? Well it's not. Just because Grandma told us we had to eat our beets as kids doesn't mean it is good for our dogs. Grandma didn't take the nutrients out of the beet and leave us just the dried fiber to eat, did she? Beet pulp is junk.

Brewer's rice and brewer's dried yeast are by-products of beer production. There you go, your little pet gets what is left over after a beer run, the stuff not fit for human consumption. Alcohols can cause the same damage to an animal's liver and brain as they cause in humans. But the effects can be deadly on animals since they are much smaller than us. The smaller the animal, the more deadly the effects can be. Even a small amount of alcohol may cause vomiting and damage the liver and brain.

Inulin - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - aids in the fermentation process.

Natural Flavor. I always like the way pet food companies hide the use of manure in the ingredients. Natural flavor is made from the manure of the animal the pet food company wants the pet food to taste like. If natural flavor were an actual part of the ingredients then natural flavor would not have to be listed as a separate ingredient. From FDA reports.

Natural Flavors as defined by the FDA With respect to flavors, pet foods often contain "digests," which are materials treated with heat, enzymes and/or acids to form concentrated natural flavors. Only a small amount of a "chicken digest" is needed to produce a "Chicken Flavored Cat Food," even though no actual chicken is added to the food. Stocks or broths are also occasionally added. Whey is often used to add a milk flavor. Often labels will bear a claim of "no artificial flavors." Actually, artificial flavors are rarely used in pet foods. The major exception to that would be artificial smoke or bacon flavors, which are added to some treats. http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petlabel.htm

Animal digest. AAFCO doesn't care that manure is included in the pet food as long as the temperature at the time of cooking is brought to a certain degree.

Now there are those people out there who simply refuse to believe a pet food company would use manure in their pet's foods. Let me ask you to think on this issue for just a minute and then see what you decide. Let's take a person, for instance, When a person begins the "digestion" process food is placed in the mouth for chewing. Digestion continues as the food passes to the stomach and is broken down to pass into the intestines for further digestion. Digestion is complete once the person has had a bowl movement and fully evacuated the food from the human body. Why would obtaining animal digest be any different from human digest?

Grains are useless fillers used to reduce the cost of pet food production.

Calcium Carbonate - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It is commonly called chalk.

Choline chloride is mass produced and is an important additive in feed especially for chicken where it accelerates growth. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mannanoligosaccharide - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - simple sugar. Sugars do not need to be used in a pet's diet. Sugar is used to encourage pets to eat ingredients they normally would not eat.

Ferrous sulfate - Overdose symptoms may include nausea, severe stomach pain, bloody diarrhea, coughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds, shallow breathing, weak and rapid pulse, pale skin, blue lips, and seizure (convulsions). - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Ferrous sulfate is applied for the purification of water by flocculation and for phosphate removal in municipal and industrial sewage treatment plants to prevent eutrophication of surface water bodies.

Menadione sodium bisulfite - causes toxicity in liver cells, weakens the immune system, anemia, vomiting, irritation of skin, allergic reactions, flaking skin, and hot spots. Moreover, menadione supplements have been banned by the FDA because of their high toxicity. Sodium bisulfite is used in almost all commercial wines, to prevent oxidation and preserve flavor. In fruit canning, sodium bisulfite is used to prevent browning (caused by oxidation) and to kill microbes.

In the case of wine making, Sodium bisulfite releases sulfur dioxide gas when added to water or products containing water. The sulfur dioxide kills yeasts, fungi, and bacteria in the grape juice before fermentation. When the sulfur dioxide levels have subsided (about 24 hours), fresh yeast is added for fermentation.

It is later added to bottled wine to prevent oxidation (which makes vinegar), and to protect the color of the wine from oxidation, which causes browning. The sulfur dioxide displaces oxygen in the bottle and dissolved in the wine. Oxidized wine can turn orange or brown, and taste like raisins or cough syrup. The concentration is sometimes high enough to cause serious allergic reactions.

Calcium Iodate - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - an oxidant added to lotions and ointments as an antiseptic and deodorant.

Cobalt carbonate - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It is used in pottery glazes and may be found in pottery supply stores.

Potassium Chloride - used as the third of a three drug combination in judicial execution through lethal injection and used for making fertilizer.

Salt should not be added to a pet's diet.

Sodium selenite is mainly used in the manufacture of colorless glass - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Pet Food Danger Gauge - Worth 30 Points

Black Gold Premium Signature Series 25/14 Dry Dog Food Rating

• Animal Digest -
• Animal Fat - Minus 1 point = poultry fat
• Artificial Flavors/Colors -
• Beet Pulp/Pea Fiber/ Potato - Minus 1 point = dried beet pulp
• BHA/BHT -
• Brewers Yeast/Brewers Rice - Minus 1 point = brewers rice, brewers dried yeast
• By-Products -
• Cellulose -
• Class Action -
• Corn -
• Ethoxyquin -
• Fermentation Products - Minus 1 point - inulin
• Flavor - Minus 1 point = natural chicken flavor
• Garlic/Grapes/Avocados/Nuts -
• Gluten -
• Hydrochloric Acid -
• Meat -
• Millet -
• Miscellaneous - Minus 1 point = ground whole grain barley, canola oil, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, mannanoligosaccharide, ferrous sulfate, menadione sodium bisulfite, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate
• Oats - Minus 1 point = oats
• Pet Food Recalls -
• Phosphoric Acid -
• Potassium Chloride - Minus 1 point
• Propylene Glycol -
• Salt - Minus 1 point = salt
• Sodium Selenite - Minus 1 point
• Soy -
• Wheat -
• White Rice -

Black Gold Premium Signature Series 25/14 Dry Dog Food Rating

Pet Food Danger Gauge 66% - Toxic To Pets

Healthy Dog Foods Total Score = 20/30