Meat vs Meat Meal - Page 1

Hi Everyone,

I found an interesting website on dog food and thought you might like to read it.
This is the page on Meat vs. Meat Meal

www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php

Enjoy.
C

I have never seen "meat" as an ingredient in any dog food. But if "meat" is like "chicken", it is considered a moist ingredient with lots of water, may be 75%. Chicken as the first listed ingredient does not mean that it is the main source of protein; in fact "chicken" does not have much protein, compared to any 'meal", which is dry product.  It perplexes me why not all ingredients are on dehydrated form.  

General species non-specific animal protein should not be a major ingredient. The dreaded thing is rendered dead dogs and cats with flee collars attached.

I believe there is a lot of cultural factors in "fit for human consumption". I confidently feed my dogs with food labelled as unfit for human comsumption, and if I were starving I will eat it as well. 

Is a little bit of fecal matters in chicken-by-product meal fit for human consumption, especially after cooking? I won't eat it unless I am starving. If I were, I will eat it knowing that a little bit of cooked chicken poop is not bad for me, just disgusting. Dogs don't find some cooked poop disgusting.

Then there is diseased and dying animals labelled as not fit for human consumption. Is products from diseased and dying cattle really not fit for human consumption after cooking? Well.not  unless there is a toxin due to the disease that is not destroyed by heat. The FDA assumes that some fool is not goping to cook to well-done so they are "not fit for human consumption".

In the wild, diseased and dying prey animals are a joy to discover by predators. Likely a disproportionate amount of food is diseased and dying prey animals.