Pet Food Danger Gauge 70% Dangerous and Toxic To Pets

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.

Potatoes - cheap filler, much like the use of beet pulp.

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.

Class Action - Some people found out what a poor pet food this company produces a little too late. Their pets became ill and many have died due to eating Pet Food. Those people and others who are upset over the pet food company making such a poor quality pet food has filed a Class Action against them. Anytime I see a Class Action filed against a company and the products the company produces I would not advise feeding their products to your pets. The pet owners have filed a Class Action against the company for killing their pets.

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?

Water added to canned pet food is unnecessary due to the high water content of the meats used to produce the food. The only reason pet food companies add water to the mix is to thin down the recipe after loading it with water absorbing fillers.

Sodium Phosphate - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Adding sodium phosphates to food increases the shelf life of the food; maintaining the texture and appearance of the food. Sodium Phosphate (trisodium phosphate) is also an ingredient of cleaning products.

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

Salt should not be added a cat or dog's diet. This recipe is loaded with salts.

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

Pet Food Danger Gauge - Worth 30 Points

Natural Ultramix Indoor Canned Cat Food Rating

• Animal Digest -
• Animal Fat -
• Artificial Flavors/Colors -
• Beet Pulp/Pea Fiber/ Potato - Minus 1 point = potato starch, potatoes, dried beet pulp
• BHA/BHT -
• Brewers Yeast/Brewers Rice - Minus 1 point = brewers rice flour
• By-Products -
• Cellulose -
• Class Action - Minus 1 point
• Corn -
• Ethoxyquin -
• Fermentation Products -
• Flavor - Minus 1 point = natural flavor
• Garlic/Grapes/Avocados/Nuts -
• Gluten -
• Hydrochloric Acid -
• Meat -
• Millet -
• Miscellaneous - Minus 1 point = Chicken Broth (fancy way to say water), sodium phosphate, calcium carbonate, choline chloride
• Oats - Minus 1 point = oat fiber
• Pet Food Recalls - Minus 1 point
• Phosphoric Acid -
• Potassium Chloride -
• Propylene Glycol -
• Salt - Minus 1 point = potassium iodide
• Sodium Selenite - Minus 1 point
• Soy -
• Wheat -
• White Rice -

Natural Ultramix Indoor Canned Cat Food Rating

Pet Food Danger Gauge 70% Safe - Healthy Pet Foods Total Score = 21/30