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Thank you very much for sharing this article! I still don't understand how people are not convinced after reading articles like these. I mean, what other evidence are they looking for??? There are many, many documented cases of pets who have died as a result of commercial kibble. It's not just the crappy ingredients that make up many of them, because there have also been countless deaths in pets resulting from pet food contaminated with lethal chemicals such as rat poison. I am not home right now, but when I get home I will post some ingredients from Purina I personally looked up on dictionary.com. One preservative has the word POISON in the definition! POISON! Unbelievable what some of these companies get away with!
Alright, here it is. ALL these ingredients are from ONE SINGLE formula/brand from Purina mind you;
Water sufficient for processing, fish, poultry, meat by-products, wheat gluten, tuna, soy flour, natural and artificial flavors, corn starch-modified, potassium chloride, xanthan gum, titanium dioxide color, salt, carrageenan, taurine, tricalcium phosphate, iron oxide, Vitamin E supplement, sodium nitrite (to promote color retention), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), dicalcium phosphate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), cobalt carbonate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, potassium iodide, biotin. A-5204
meat by-products: The non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. If it bears name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto.
Wheat Gluten: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
Soy Flour: finely ground soybeans, most commonly used as an additive to other flours, processed meats, cereals, etc.
Artificial Flavors: any substance created artificially to flavor food products
corn starch: a fine, granular or powdery starch made from corn: used in cooking and to make corn sugar, corn syrup, etc.
potassium chloride: A colorless crystalline solid or powder, KCl, used widely in fertilizers and in the preparation of most potassium compounds. Also called potash muriate, potassium muriate.
xanthan gum: A natural gum of high molecular weight produced by culture fermentation of glucose and used as a stabilizer in commercial food preparation.
titanium dioxide color: A white powder, TiO2, used as an exceptionally opaque white pigment.
carrageenan: Any of a group of closely related colloids derived from Irish moss and several other red algae, widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products.
iron oxide: Any of various oxides of iron, such as ferric oxide or ferrous oxide.
sodium nitrite: A fire-hazardous, air-sensitive, yellowish powder, soluble in water; decomposes above 320°C; used as an intermediate for dyestuffs and for pickling meat, textiles dyeing, and rust-proofing, and in medicine.
ferrous sulfate: A greenish crystalline compound, FeSO4·7H2O, used as a pigment, fertilizer, and feed additive, in sewage and water treatment, and as a medicine in the treatment of iron deficiency. Also called copperas.
zinc sulfate: a colorless, crystalline powder, ZnSO·7HO, used as an emetic in medicine, as a mordant in dyeing, etc.
manganese sulfate: a pink, water-soluble, usually tetrahydrate salt, MnSO4·4H2O, used chiefly in fertilizers, paints, and varnishes.
copper sulfate: A poisonous blue crystalline copper salt, CuSO4·5H2O, used in agriculture, textile dyeing, leather treatment, electroplating, and the manufacture of germicides.
niacin: A white crystalline acid, C5H4NCOOH, that is a component of the vitamin B complex found in meat, wheat germ, dairy products, and yeast and is used to treat and prevent pellagra. Also called nicotinic acid.
cobalt carbonate: A hard, brittle metallic element, found associated with nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron ores and resembling nickel and iron in appearance. It is used chiefly for magnetic alloys, high-temperature alloys, and in the form of its salts for blue glass and ceramic pigments.
potassium iodide: a transparent, crystalline salt, KI, available also as a white, granular powder, used as a feed additive and in medicine, photography, etc.
*What business do most of these ingredients have in food of any kind at all???
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Last edited by Todd; 03-02-2010 at 02:02 PM.
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