Comments on: Blood Meal… Dog Food Ingredient or Fertilizer for Your Garden?

By: Joftieloco

Joftieloco — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Plus the fats like chicken fat are deemed to be a quality product based on many reviews from this site. The fat comes from the rendering process which is skimmed off the top of the material that’s cooked so how would the fat be a quality ingredient and the blood not?

By: Joftieloco

Joftieloco — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:16:00 +0000

I asked NL where they get their plasma from but they did not disclose the vendor. They did indicate that it is derived from human edible material. NL did make The List from the truth about pet food….and Susan swears they’re a reliable company…

By: Joftieloco

Joftieloco — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:12:00 +0000

Assuming the plants follow proper protocol. I would not like deceased pets, with chemicals in their bodies to be added to the plant, nor diseased livestock.

By: Joftieloco

Joftieloco — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:50:00 +0000

At proper USDA rendering plants, blood and bone meal go through rigorous processes to ensure all metals, bacteria and viruses are filtered out. One of the first phases is to remove dangerous metals. Then all matter is cooked at very high temperatures and filtered several times. Fat is skimmed into liquids and solids. This is used as the chicken fat, turkey fat, beef fat etc in most foods listed on this site. So those worried about plasma might as well worry about the fat too. Assuming the plants are running properly, the fats ans plasmas should be safe. Further more, most of the pigs, cows and chickens we consume have also been fed some kind of plasma in their diets. Plasma is a much safer nutritional source than synthetically engineers chemicals. I have contacted natures logic regarding whom they obtain plasma from. There are many rendering plants all around us. My company is actually completing energy efficiency projects at Valley Proteins in Baltimore, MD. In regard to sustainability and life cycle analysis it seems that consuming all of the animal is better Thea wasting. All meat eating humans wind up eating blood and cellular structures in meat. This is what makes it beneficial. As long as the plants insure proper safety protocols and run with latest technology, plasma, bone meal and fat by products should be safe.

By: Mike Sagman

Mike Sagman — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:50:08 +0000

Hi Shameless… The search button is back in operation. Not sure how it got deleted. And regarding blood, I’m in complete agreement with you and Brad. However, since there does seem to be some (unjustified) concern over blood ingredients, animal plasma is now red flagged. As I mention in the article, animal plasma is probably a safe and healthy addition to any dog food.