Hill's Prescription Hypoallergenic Treats Feline - Healthy Pet Foods?

Ask Susan Peters - Hill's Healthy Pet Foods?

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Hill's Pet Food has done a awful job of making healthy pet foods. Healthy pet foods do not include needless grains and other pet health damaging ingredients.

Because manufacturers need to ensure that dry foods have a long shelf life (typically 12 months) to remain edible through shipping and storage, fats used in pet foods are preserved with either synthetic or "natural" preservatives. Synthetic preservatives include butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze), and ethoxyquin.

Powdered Cellulose - Recycled newspaper used for insulation.

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 seperate ingredient. This product does not list "natural flavor" Hill's lists "chicken liver flavor", how did they come up with that?

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

Gyceryl Monostearate - an emulsifier and dispersing agent. Made from stearic cid (Obtained from animal and vegetable fats. Used in soaps, candles and other products.) and glycerin (a natural by-product of the soapmaking process.)

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.

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.

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

Ethoxyquin - used as a pesticide (under commercial names such as "Stop-Scald").

Pet food producers are using ingredients unfit for human consumption which are killing our pets. The ingredients in pet food must be changed!

The use of Corn, Wheat, and Soy are causing such awful conditions in pets including:

• Dry and itchy skin
• Fever
• Ear aches
• Ear infections
• Hot Spots on the skin
• Bad breath
• Dental disease
• IBD
• Hair loss
• Sore feet
• Abnormal nail growth
• Bloat
• Weight gain
• Tumors
• Moles and warts
• Seizures
• Blindness
• Deafness
• Heart conditions
• Kidney conditions
• Liver conditions
• Early pet death

These companies need to be held accountable for the injuries to our pets and our best friends early deaths!

Breeder's Choice Pet Foods I know you are NOT making Healthy Pet Foods. - Susan

Hill's Science Diet Prescription Hypoallergenic Treats Feline Cat Food Rating

• Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = no animal digest
• Corn - Plus 1 point = no corn
• Wheat - Plus 1 point = no wheat
• Soy - Minus 1 point = Soybean Oil (preserved with BHA, propyl gallate and citric acid) ** Oh, my Gawd!!
• Gluten - Plus 1 point = No gluten
• Extra Goodies - Minus 1 point = Brewers Rice, Starch (from what grain?), Powdered Cellulose (Oh, my Gawd, again!), Chicken Liver Flavor (from what?), Choline Chloride (salt), Gyceryl Monostearate, Potassium Chloride (Oh... !), salt, Sodium Selenite, Ethoxyquin
• By-Products - Plus 1 point = No by-products
• Animal Fat - Plus 1 point = No animal fat
• Pet Food Recalls - Minus 1 point = Recalls Hills Science Diet Pet Foods
• Class Action - Minus 1 point = Class Action Hills Science Diet Pet Foods

Hill's Science Diet Prescription Hypoallergenic Treats Feline Cat Food Rating

Healthy Pet Foods Total Score = 6/10

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