Pounce Tartar & Plaque Control Original Chicken & Roasted Turkey

• Animal Digest - Minus 1 point = ANIMAL DIGEST, DRIED FISH PROTEIN DIGEST
• Corn - Minus 2 points = GROUND CORN, CORN GLUTEN MEAL
• Wheat - Minus 2 points = GROUND WHEAT
• Soy - Plus 2 points =no soy
• Gluten - Minus 2 points = corn gluten meal
• The Goodies - Minus 1 point = chicken-by-product meal, BREWER'S DRIED YEAST, ANIMAL FAT (BHA AND CITRIC ACID USED AS PRESERVATIVES), SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ROAST TURKEY FLAVOR, add color

Total Score = 2/10

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Using manure once wasn't enough. They had to use it twice!

Corn, wheat, and soy are responsible for hair loss, dry skin, tumors, moles, warts, fever, ear aches, ear infections, hot spots, bad breath, dental disease, bloating, inflamed liver, inflamed kidneys, blindness, deafness, heart disease, and early death.

Natural flavors are obtained by the use of manure from the animal the "flavor" is supposed to be. I'd say this can of cat food would contain chicken manure for "chicken flavor".

We all know the health risks associated with artificial flavors, colors, etc. Cancer!

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.

Use of by-products. By-products are ingredients used which are not fit for human consumption. By-products are often floor sweepings from a rendering plant. "Animal by-product" is rendered product from animal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices." Pet food labels contain the words "meal" or "byproduct" on the ingredient label. Inedible byproducts such as bone, fat, heads, hair, feet and condemned offal are used in commercial pet food. These materials are sent to a rendering plant for processing into pet food products.

Other sites of Interest:

Pounce Cat Treats Information

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