Examining The Truth About Dog Food

With all of pet food commercials on TV these days, it can be very confusing when you try and decide which pet food is best. But unfortunately many of these messages contain misleading information.

What follows are five pieces of information that can help you see through the false claims that you see on TV. After reading this article you'll feel much better about purchasing your next bag of food.

Premium Brands

Premium brands, which can cost four times as much as a supermarket brands, have to meet the same nutritional standards and therefore consists of very similar ingredients. And after the first few ingredients, the proportion of ingredients in the product is so small it doesn't make that much of a contribution.

Human Grade Pet Food

Even if the bag of food that you buy claims that it has whole pieces of meat, odds are it is the scraps that are left over from making food for people.

This is no surprise since the main pet food companies like Nestle, Mars, and Purina are also the leading manufacturers of people food in the world.

Longevity Claims

Many companies claim that their products will prolong the life of your pet and make them healthier. Well, most of these claims are actually not founded on scientific research. This is because that there is actually no agency in the United States that requires proof of these claims.

Corn is Bad

Grains are digestible to animals if they are cooked right. Many promotional campaigns claim that cheaper products with grains in them offer no nutritional value, but actually they do.

Baking at Home

Lastly, despite claims that cooking for your pet is better for them, many people agree that it is more likely that your pet will get the needed nutrients, and in the right proportions when they are fed a commercial pet food.

The purpose of this review was to educate yourself about what is true and what is not true about dog food. That way, tonight when you see an advertisement on television for Brand X, you'll be able to see through the marketing fluff.