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Originally Posted by TammyJM  The food that we give our guys does not have fish meal but it does contain salmon meal and is made by Natural Balance....safe? not safe? I actually did not know that it even had salmon meal until I looked just now. I stopped feeding my guys their fish and sweet potato flavor because I found bones in it. |
It's on the list that it does use it:
Natural Balance Pet Foods
Per Diamond Pet Food (manufacturer) “all fish meal, ocean fish meal, and salmon meal ingredients
are preserved with ethoxyquin.”
This is the link to the article:
Risk Ingredients Not Listed on Pet Food Labels
This is the quote concerning salmon meal:
"Fish meals, NOT fish ingredients are a concern with ethoxyquin. As example, ‘salmon’ listed on a pet food label would not be an ethoxyquin preserved ingredient; ‘salmon meal’ might be. The ONLY way to know is to ask the manufacturer specifically. Warning however, some responses I have received did not directly answer my ethoxyquin question. As example, one manufacturer told me “we do not add ethoxyquin to any of our pet foods”. This response does NOT tell me if their supplier might add
ethoxyquin. I am waiting for their follow up response."
I use Solid Gold for my cats and checked the bag, it does contain fish meal. The manufacturer is the same one for Natural Balance, Diamond Pet Foods....The list for Solid Gold states that a representative from Diamond admitted that they do use ethoxyquin but Solid Gold is denying it. I think they do use it.....