How to choose healthy cat food and a good food should be
There are no fillers, by-products, chemical preservatives, artificial colors and artificial seasonings.
Here are some healthy ingredients in the products we sell:
Chicken powder in clear soup with alfalfa avocado oil and carotene.
Chicken Fat Chicken chicory root Cartilage Sulfated Gelatin Manyuemei (Little Hongmei)
Seaweed, eggs, fish soup, flaxseed and garlic
Glucosamine barley brown rice white rice guar gum
Hemp seed oil herring herring oil mutton powder
Growth promoting substances from beneficial bacteria of mackerel, oat and potato in locust bean gum
Probiotic rosemary salmon seaweed essence sunflower seed oil
Taurine/aminoethyl xanthate tomato turkey powder turkey meat
White rice tuna, whole oat salmon tuna
Some ingredients to avoid:
Animal/poultry fat
Extracted from the fat of animals or poultry, it is a by-product of meat processing. The origin of animals or poultry is unknown, and the content of flax oleic acid in their fat is very low, and flax oleic acid is a kind of fatty acid, which is helpful to the hair health of pets.
By-products all kinds of meat by-products
Meat by-products include bones and internal organs of poultry or animals after decomposition. Meat by-products are of unknown origin, low nutrition and difficult to digest.
Poultry poultry
Pheasants, vultures, geese and other birds are all birds, so the composition and quality are not guaranteed.
Beet pulp dried red cabbage head pulp [and beet pulp as we say]
Dried red cabbage head pulp is the residue after making beet head, which is used to increase crude fiber in cat and dog food.
Animal/poultry abstracts
The substances of animal/poultry tissues after chemical or enzymatic decomposition, the origin of animals/poultry and their body parts used is unknown, and the quality is not guaranteed, which is a cheap ingredient to increase the taste of food.
BHA/BHT and ethoxyquin [ethoxyquin]
Chemical preservatives are also prohibited in human food.
animal fat
Animal fat is extracted from the body fat of animals or poultry. Animal fat is a by-product of meat processing. The origin of animals or poultry is unknown, and there is almost no linolenic acid in their fat. One of the fatty acids of linolenic acid is good for the hair health of pets. Only high-quality chicken oil with high flax oleic acid content is selected for ling mining.
Beef beef
Beef refers to all meat after slaughter. Other body parts contained in beef are not the standard for human consumption. Moreover, many cats and dogs are sensitive to beef and their skin itches. After inspection by USDA, only chicken, mutton and turkey are suitable for protein. Because it is easy to digest and insensitive.
Chicken by-product chicken by-product
Chicken by-products include dissolved chicken skeleton (such as head, claws, internal organs, etc.). ). Chicken by-products are not suitable for use because all the ingredients are of unknown origin, low nutrition and difficult to digest.
Lord Rudd
Lard is a solution of pig fat. Lard contains a lot of saturated fat. Too much saturated fat will increase the risk of heart disease. Among all kinds of fats, saturated fat has the highest cholesterol, which will lead to vascular occlusion. These fats contain only a small amount of linolenic acid.
Artificial flavors/pigments
Artificial seasoning/pigment is an additive artificially processed to enhance the attractiveness of products. Pet food does not need to be more attractive, so there is no need to add artificial seasoning/pigment to the product. These artificial seasonings/pigments not only have no nutritional value, but also are unhealthy and unsafe for pets.
ethoxyquin
Quinine is a chemical preservative and is also banned in human food. Natural foods such as Lingcai do not contain chemical additives and preservatives. Our products are fresh and delicious, and are rich in vitamins E and C in natural foods.
My pet eats everything the same. Why choose cat and dog food with human food ingredients?
Pets, like humans, have different constitutions. In fact, some pets can eat inferior food for a long time without obvious health problems. There are also pets that have problems after a few years and enter middle-aged and elderly people. However, it is an ironclad fact that food and health are closely related.
Most pet owners actually don't know the ingredients of the cat food and dog food they feed. If you knew that it was made of sick or humanely destroyed animal carcasses, carrion, by-products and the residue of grain products, would you still feel at ease to let your pet enjoy it?
What is 4D meat? What kind of cat and dog food is 4D meat?
4-D stands for death, dying, illness and depression. 4-D meat is the meat of these livestock or its by-products. More importantly, in order to prevent these inferior meats from entering the human food market, all 4-D meats must undergo chemical denaturation before being transported to factories that make pet food. The chemicals used in the treatment process are very toxic.
Unless the manufacturer declares that their ingredients are human food grade, the brands generally sold in the market are made of 4D meat (although they claim to use "fresh" chicken, mutton and the like). The problem is that AAFCO does not allow manufacturers to print "human consumption grade" on the label [note: this is really important, which is why the top ten cat foods have to advertise themselves as natural foods], so to choose a good food, the owner has to work harder and compare it carefully.
Why haven't you heard of the brand you sell?
Some common brands on the market are made by large pet food manufacturers. Unfortunately, in order to reduce costs, these manufacturers will only choose cheap and inferior ingredients. Because they have been in the market for a long time and have a wide publicity, they are also familiar with it.
In recent ten years, a number of small-scale manufacturers have appeared abroad, and they pay attention to the quality of the ingredients used, which has aroused widespread concern abroad. These products have just entered the Hong Kong market, and I believe it will take some time for agents to promote them.
We encourage you to read the relevant information on the websites of various manufacturers carefully for comparison. In fact, the quality of ingredients can ensure the health of pets more than popularity.