subject: Don't Trick Your Pet with Artificial Substitutes [print this page] Don't Trick Your Pet with Artificial Substitutes
Natural pet food is something many pet food manufacturers claim to provide. Seeing the pictures of beef and chicken on the packages makes you think that if you sat down with a fork and knife and dug into a big pile of kibble, you might indeed get a flavorful explosion of porterhouse or slow roasted chicken. The truth about what makes a natural pet food comes from inspecting the label provided by the manufacturer. Too many manufacturers use by-products, which are the discards from the butcher to create their recipes for dog food. Packed with artificial flavors to give it the taste of meat or chicken, these foods don't deliver real cuts of meat for your dog to digest and grow healthy. What else impacts the dog's health, just like it hurts us, is that many manufacturers that try to imitate natural pet food stuff their products with large quantities of carbohydrates, which contribute to fat on your dog. Dogs may eat and enjoy these extra carbs, but it's not a good way to stay healthy. A natural dog food, one that keeps as close as possible to the natural state of the ingredient, is the best choice. So meat, like chicken or beef, should come from a cut of meat that is not part of the extremities. As a source of minerals and vitamins, real vegetables should be included, not extracts, but carrots, greens and other natural products that will promote health. Reversing the approach to pet food that an animal's digestive and palette can be tricked by so many artificial flavors and ingredients, natural pet food returns to the principle of using wholesome ingredients. Pet food then becomes simpler and healthier. A simple recipe cat food and a natural dog food both combine natural ingredients from quality sources to allow the animal to prosper rather than be tricked by artificial substitutes.
