Why You Must Never Trust Stated Protein Content to Compare Dog Foods

Think you can't be easily fooled?  Well, think again.You see... when shopping for dog food, you just can't trust the stated protein percentage printed right there on the label.No, you really can't.  And here's why...Say you've got a pair of old leather boots... some used motor oil... … [Read more...]

What Dog Food Companies Don’t Want You to Know About Added Fats

OK.  Say you had a cup of olive oil... and a cup of kitchen grease.  Which would you rather have on your salad?I know.  I know.  Of course, that's a silly question.  And besides, what has that got to do with dog food?Well, unfortunately, more than you'd care to know.You see... every … [Read more...]

Gluten… Beware This Inferior Dog Food Protein Impostor

Hey, nobody likes an impostor. Am I right?Yet you may have already come face-to-face with this unexpected trickster and not even known it.You see, in the world of dog food, protein truly is the Holy Grail.Dogs crave it for survival. And companies market it for profit.All things … [Read more...]

Floor Sweepings and Other Shameful Dog Food Ingredients, Oh My!

In case you haven't read one lately, dog food ingredient lists can be downright ghastly.Yet these same disturbing lists still represent the only way to catch a glimpse of what's really inside a product.Since most of my research had so far been focused on meat protein, I recently decided it … [Read more...]

The Five Most Important Items on a Dog Food Ingredients List

Imagine... by the end of this article you're able to consistently identify a superior dog food... all because you've learned a simple rule that can narrow an extraordinarily long list of ingredients (sometimes containing a hundred items... or more) down to just five.Now, not to be overly … [Read more...]

The Crucial Piece of Information Dog Food Companies Willfully Conceal

Hey... they're laughing at us.  Did you know that?Right now, some corporate executive is sitting in his plush leather chair... behind his big fancy desk... and laughing.He's laughing at how hard we're struggling to understand his product's needlessly complicated list of dog food … [Read more...]

The Mysterious Meat Concentrate Most People Know Little (or Nothing) About

For a dog food, what could contain more protein than whole meat?Well, surprisingly... in commercial dog food... a high grade meat meal can actually be a better source of digestible protein... than the whole meat from which it was made.Here's why...Meat meal is the dried end-product of a … [Read more...]

The Deceptive Practice of Ingredient Splitting

Ingredient splitting... what is it? And who's telling the truth?Dog food companies deny it.  They claim it's strictly a coincidence... and completely unintentional.  They say they're simply obeying government guidelines.But others cry foul.  They insist it's an underhanded scheme designed … [Read more...]