Food Warning!
Some of the Worst pet food ingredients (and their health challenges to dogs and/or cats)
source: http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_pet_food_ingredients_8.html
All Meat By-products
Can Include Tumors and Diseased Tissues, Rancid Trim Pieces and Innards of Various Animals.
Animal Digest
Found in 13% of Pet Food Products Analyzed. Rendered, by Chemical And/or Enzymatic Process, Non-descriptive Animal Tissues Used for Flavor.
Beef Tallow (preserved with BHA)
One of the Worse Kinds of Fat, Chemically Preserved with Potential Carcinogen. Often Produces Allergies. Tallow, Includes Old Restaurant Grease, is Very Hard to Digest, Leads to Diarrhea, Premature Aging.
BHA (a Preservative)
Chemical. Highly Carcinogenic Preservative.
Blue 2 and Other Colors
Carcinogenic.
Brewers Dried Yeast
Waste Product (used for Flavoring, Protein, B-vitamins) Which Can Become Very Toxic to the Liver. Causes Allergies and Arthritis.
Corn Syrup
A 'sugar' That Causes Diabetes, Weight Gain, Hyperactivity, Fearful Behavior, Ill Health.
Corn/corn Gluten Meal/corn Gluten/grits
Feed-grade Can Include Moldy Grain or Fungus Which Has Cause Death. Highly Allergenic. Adds Sugar. Poor Incomplete Protein Source. Interferes with Digestion. Can Cause Sugar Imbalance.
Dried Animal Digest
Flavor Enhancer. Is Non-descriptive, Digest is Rendered Animal Tissue, Including Rancid or Diseased Parts, Road Kill, Euthanized Pets.
Dried Beet Pulp
Pure Sugar Filler — Leads to Weight Gain, Hyperactivity and Feeds Arthritis.
Dried Brewers Yeast
Can Become Toxic to Liver, Waste Product of Beer and Ale Industry.
Dried Cellulose/Powdered Cellulose/Peanut Hulls
Very Harsh on Digestive Tract, Suspected to Include Cardboard or Peanut Hulls.
Ethoxyquin (a Preservative)
The Most Carcinogenic Preservative, Most in Industry Have Stopped Using It Except Very Cheap, Poor Quality Foods.
Fish (non-descriptive)
Probably Rancid and of Poor Quality. Can Have High Levels of Mercury.
Meat/Liver and Bone Meal
Non-descriptive Indicates 4-D Meat, Cheapest Source, Can Include Diseased Tissues Plus Bone Meal Can Not Be Digested and Assimilated As Calcium!
Onion Powder/Extract
Can Be Deadly to Dogs, Non-nutritive.
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Causes Digestive Upset, Premature Aging.
Poultry/Meat (non-descriptive)
Can Include Any Fowl/Any Meat Source Including Road Kill, Euthanized Pets. Non-descriptive, Often Includes Diseased Meat, Non-human Grade.
Salt/Sodium Chloride
Used to Cover Up Rancid Meat and Fat, Can Cause Kidney and Heart Disease, Hypertension — Used to Encourage Cats to Drink.
Sodium Nitrite (for Color Retention)
Potentially Highly Carcinogenic.
Soy (hulls/flour/mill run)
Can Cause Bowel Irritation, Cheap Filler. Cheap Source of Grain Protein, Filler, Can Cause Bloat/Death in Dogs. Mill Run is Sweepings off Floor.
Sugar/Molasses/Maple Sugar/Dextrose/Sucrose
Leads to Diabetes, Hyperactivity and Obesity. Can Feed Arthritis.
Wheat/Wheat Starch/Wheat Flour/Wheat Gluten/Wheat Mill Run
Poor Carbohydrate Source Causes Allergies. Poor Protein Source (incomplete). Used As Cheap Filler. Can Cause Bowel Problems. Lead to Premature Aging. Mill Run is Sweepings off Floor.
Yellow 5
Artificial Color, a Salicylate Which Can Become Deadly to Cats with Extended Use.