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Knowing What NOT To Feed
Ingredients to BEWARE Of !!
Preservatives
(These terms are also used in the Dog Food Comparison Charts)
Brine -
Is a pickling solution. Poured off after pickling leaving only a minimal salt residue.
Brown Sugar -
Used as a pickling agent, moisture stabilizer, and a source of minerals.
Calcium Propionate -
This chemical has been around for a long time.
BHA and BHT -
These are both preservatives. BHA is butylated hydroxyanisole. BHT is butyhlated hydroxytoluene. Both BHA and BHT have been associated with liver damage, fetal abnormalities, and metabolic stress. They also have a questionable relationship to cancer.
Ethoxyquin -
This preservative has been the most highly debated item in dog foods for the last several years. It is a chemical preservative that has been widely used to prevent spoilage in dog foods. It is alleged that ethoxyquin has caused cancer, liver, kidney and thyroid dysfunctions, reproductive failure, and more, although the allegations have not been proven in tests to date.
Potassium Sorbate -
This chemical has been around for a long time.
Propylene Glycol -
This chemical preservative was designed for use in antifreeze, oil and waxes. It causes irregularities in the red blood cells of cats. Dogs and Cats can become addicted to it. It can cause skin problems, hair loss, dull coat, diarrhea, overweight and even death in both dogs and cats.
Sodium Nitrate -
Used both as a food coloring (RED) and as a preservative. When used as a preservative, it produces carcinogenic substances called nitrosamines.
NOTE: Accidental ingestion of sodium nitrate by people can be fatal.
Meat Sources from other Brands.
Whole Meat or Meat Based -
Meat is the clean flesh of slaughtered cattle, swine, sheep or goats. The flesh can include striated skeletal muscle, tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus, overlying fat, and the portions of skin, sinew, nerves, and blood vessels normally found with that flesh.
Meat By-Product -
Clean parts of slaughtered animals, not including meat. These parts include lungs, kidneys, brain, spleen, liver, bone, blood, partially defatted low-temperature fatty tissue, stomach, and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, teeth, hooves or horns. Only 14% may be indigestible residue and no more than 11% indigestible crude protein.
Fillers
Brewer's Rice -
The part of the rice that is left over after it has been used in a distillery for brewing alcoholic beverages.
Soybeans-
In combination with grains, soybeans form a technically "complete" protein, but are sometimes digested poorly by dogs and can be a cause of "Bloat," a life-threatening condition where the stomach rapidly fills with gas from fermenting food.
Our chicken meal and other meat sources do not contain poultry by-products such as feet, heads, beaks, feathers, hides, hoofs, and intestines, as are commonly found in many so-called "quality" pet foods. There is no corn, cottonseed, corn cobs, citrus pulp, breakfast food by-products, soybeans, fillers, and no screening or other foreign materials such as noxious weeds, straw, hulls or chaff in our product. Most brands of dog food include some of those by-products and chemical preservatives. The use of low quality products and chemical preservatives may be associated with dry skin, allergic reactions, dental disease, poor health and degenerative organ dysfunction. HIGHER DIGESTIBILITY MORE USABLE ENERGY LESS COST TO FEED! DO THE TASTE TEST! Show your dog how much you love him. Take two clean bowls. Place your regular dog food in one and the Flint River Ranch Food in the other and watch what happens. Your dog will vote on their favorite food!
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