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Originally Posted by jencar98  Crystal, I knew you are very knowledgeable and particular with feeding Ellie. From my understanding it's not so much the meats and other items, listed in the ingredients (although, meats can be a problem too, depending upon the source) but is the term "meal". "Meal" can consist of many things, most of which no one would want their dog to eat. |
I don't have a problem with chicken meal, turkey meal, etc. From my understanding, meal is the meat without water. When you see just chicken as an ingredient, that includes the water from the chicken which can up to 80% of the weight. Chicken meal is chicken without the water weight. I would preferit over just chicken in kibble. I would not want to see by-products, animal digest or unnamed meat products like animal fat and meat meal.