Nature's Variety Raw Frozen Diet for Dogs and Cats - Healthy Pet Foods?
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Ask Susan Peters - Nature's Variety Healthy Pet Foods?
Nature's Variety Raw Frozen Diet for Dogs and Cats - Pet Food Danger Gauge - 96% Probably Safe For Pets
Healthy pet foods do not include needless grains and other pet health damaging ingredients.
How much chicken bone did Nature's Variety use in this mix?
Alfalfa Sprouts - We have dogs not cows
Milk products should not be fed to pets older than weaning age.
Pet food producers are using ingredients unfit for human consumption which are killing our pets. The ingredients in pet food must be changed!
These companies need to be held accountable for the injuries to our pets and our best friends early deaths!
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Paw Naturaw Organic Chicken Diet, 12-Ounce Tubes (Pack of 12)
Price: $39.75
List Price: $53.88 |
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Paw Naturaw Organic Beef Diet, 12-Ounce Tubes (Pack of 12)
Price: $57.05
List Price: $94.68 |
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Paw Naturaw Grass Fed Organic Bison Diet, Medallions, 56-Ounce Zip Close Bag
Price: $33.76
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Paw Naturaw Organic Beef Diet, Medallions, 56-Ounce Zip Close Bag
Price: $26.30
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Pet Food Danger Gauge - Worth 30 Points
Nature's Variety Raw Frozen Diet for Dogs and Cats Pet Food Rating
- Animal Digest -
- Animal Fat -
- Artificial Flavors/Colors -
- Beet Pulp/Pea Fiber/ Potato -
- BHA/BHT -
- Brewers Yeast/Brewers Rice -
- By-Products -
- Cellulose -
- Class Action - Plus 1 point = No Class Action Nature's Variety Pet Foods
- Corn -
- Ethoxyquin -
- Fermentation Products -
- Flavor -
- Garlic/Grapes/Avocados/Nuts -
- Gluten -
- Hydrochloric Acid -
- Meat -
- Millet -
- Miscellaneous - Minus 1 point = Organic Yogurt (Organic Grade A Pasteurized Milk, Organic Nonfat Milk, Fructan, Pectin, Live and Active Yogurt Cultures: Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus,Lactobacillus casei, Alfalfa Sprouts
- Montmorillonite -
- Oats -
- Pet Food Recalls - Plus 1 point = No Recalls Nature's Variety Pet Foods
- Phosphoric Acid -
- Potassium Chloride -
- Propylene Glycol -
- Salt -
- Sodium Selenite -
- Soy -
- Wheat -
- White Rice -
Nature's Variety Raw Frozen Diet for Dogs and Cats Chicken Recipe Pet Food Rating
Pet Food Danger Gauge - Healthy Pet Foods Total Score = 29/30
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Comments
Plus, I am a little concerned about the ground bone. Should I be?
Leslie
*pulling out a chair* You pass! Wanna sit in for me once in a while? :-)
I have seen a lot of ingredients that would make a wonderful tea but my cats would think I have lost my mind if I tried to feed that stuff to them!
Susan
Leslie,
I'm going to be talking out both sides of my mouth here... ground bone is required in a cat's diet, occasionally. I would rather omit the ground bone in commercial pet food because we don't know how it was processed and how much of it is actually included in the pet food. Next question.... bone from what?
Susan
LOL! I've learned most of what I know from reading your reviews and further research on the Internet. So I owe most of it to you!
We've been considering making our own food for our cats. I have to admit using the bone really frightens me. Never used a meat grinder and I am afraid that I will make a mistake and a bone won't be ground enough!
I agree about leaving the bone out in commercial pet food! Just because the food maybe chicken or chicken flavored doesn't mean they are actually using the bone from that specific animal. As Ann learned with the "animal plasma" in the other food.
Leslie,
Do you have access to any kind of health food store where you live? You may have to do some looking but the bone meal should come in powder form in a package.
Look around and see what you can find. Your local grocery store may even carry bone meal. I'm just about set with me video series so you need to get ready! LOL
Susan
Just to let you know, 95% of the Nature's Variety raw food is muscle meats and organ meats. Only 5% of the diet is veggies and fruits which is the amount carnivores will find in the stomachs of their prey. Also, something in one amount can be beneficial, when in another amount can be detrimental. Even water can be toxic at a certain amount. So in a small amount, veggies and fruits can actually be beneficial.
the ground bone is for calcium...just like if they were eating their prey in the wild. bone is for calcium, and the fruits and veggies have benefits like blueberries- for antioxidants,( in other foods) cranberry to acidify their urine to protect against a UTI.
the yogurt cultures will add good stomach enzymes to keep their imunne system strong and help digest the food.
Leslie says:
17 months ago
I was considering this to see if maybe I could transition our pets to this. If successful then maybe to a homemade food. Then I read the ingredients! I think they put a lot of those ingredients for the pet owner not the pet. We look at those and think they are good for us so the fruits and veggies must be good for our pets. With the exception of a few veggies most of our pets couldn't care less about that stuff. All they want to know is where is the meat!
Organic Bok Choy, apples, persimmons, pasterized milk, alfalfa sprouts, blueberries??? Sounds like something I would enjoy but I am a little confused as to why my pet needs that.