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Sweetener Stats – Sweets in Dog Food and Treats.
Last week we wrote about the use of sweeteners in dog food and the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ sweetener types. That post made us wonder just how prevalent are these lower quality...
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Coloring in Dog Food – Unnecessary Evils
This week, we will discuss one of our ‘pet peeves’ with the commercial dog food industry – food coloring in dog food. For what it’s worth, we don’t understand or advocate food coloring in human food...
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Colorings in Dog Food: The Numbers
This week we continue our discussion of colorings in dog food by analyzing our data to determine just how common is the use of artificial food colorings in dog food. If you read our MythBuster post...
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Ingredients A to Z: Biotin in Dog Food
What is biotin? Biotin is water soluble B vitamin that is essential for protein and fatty acid metabolism. Water soluble means that the body will not store excess amounts which are eliminated during...
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Ingredients A to Z: Dandelion Greens in Dog Food
Before we begin today’s “D” entry of our Ingredients A to Z series, we wanted to share a statistic on our previous “C” post on calcium carbonate. We searched for “calcium carbonate” in our food...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Fennel
Today we move to the letter F in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring fennel as our ingredient of the day. What is fennel? Fennel is a perennial, aromatic herb with yellow flowers and a...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Glycerin
What is glycerin? Glycerin , is a sweetener and binder (humectant) that is commonly produced as a byproduct of soap making. It has traditionally been used in dog food as a texturing and sweetening...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Herring
Today we move to the letter “h” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring herring as our ingredient of the day. What is herring? According to Wikipedia, herring are a forage fish, mostly...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Inulin
Today we move to the letter “I” in our ingredient A to Z series and we are featuring inulin as our ingredient of the day. What is inulin? According to Wikipedia, inulins are a group of naturally...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Jicama
Today we move to the letter “j” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring jicama as our ingredient of the day. What is jicama? According to Wikipedia, jicama, which is scientifically known as...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Kelp
We now move to the letter “k” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring kelp as our ingredient of the day. What is kelp? According to Wikipedia, kelp as a large seaweed belonging to the brown...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: L-Carnitine
We now move to the letter “L” in our Ingredient A to Z series and are featuring L-Carnitine as our ingredient of the day. What is L-Carnitine? L-Carnitine is an amino acid that is naturally produced...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Meat
We now move to the letter “M” in our ingredient A to Z series and are featuring “Meat” as our ingredient of the day. What is meat? Seems like a trick question, doesn’t it? According to...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Montomorillonite
Per special request of our friend Oz the Terrier, we are sticking with the letter “m” for the second week in a row and are featuring “Montomorillonite” as our ingredient of the day. What is...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Niacin
Liver is a great source of Niacin What is Niacin? Niacin, one of the B-vitamins, is an essential vitamin for humans and dogs. Niacin occurs naturally in many foods, including organ meat like liver,...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Oat Fiber
What is Oat Fiber? Oat fiber is derived from oats, a type of cereal grain that is commonly used in livestock feed. Oat fiber is often extracted from the outer casing of the oat grain. Common names...
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Dog Food Dry Matter Basis for Protein, Fat, and Carb Analysis
Pet owners often wonder whether their dog food is high in protein, fat, or carbohydrates- the macro nutrients of the food. Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is not easily attainable from...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Pantothenic Acid
Given the season, we considered doing Peppermint Candy Canes for the “P” of our ingredient series, but you don’t find too much peppermint in dog food, and candy canes certainly aren’t good for them,...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Quail
We continue our Dog Food Ingredients A to Z series with the letter “Q”. Today’s ingredient is Quail. What is Quail? Quail is a collective name for several families of mid-sized birds generally...
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Dog Food Ingredients A to Z: Red #3
We continue our Dog Food Ingredients A to Z series with the letter “R”. Today’s ingredient is Red #3. What is Red #3? Red #3, and other red colorings like red #40, as well as all other artificial...
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