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NOTE: read at your own risk, for you will never buy cheap pet food again!
(Revised 08/04/04) Copyright © 1997-2004 Animal Protection Institute.
Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need.
These are the images pet food - dog food - cat food manufacturers promulgate through the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year U.S. pet food - dog food - cat food industry wants consumers to believe they are buying when they purchase their products.
This report explores the differences between what consumers think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It focuses in very general terms on the most visible name brands -- the pet food - dog food - cat food labels that are mass-distributed to supermarkets and discount stores.
What most consumers don't know is that the pet food - dog food - cat food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet food - dog food - cat food provides a market for slaughterhouse offal, grains considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste products to be turned into profit. This waste includes intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and cancerous animal parts.
Three of the five major pet food - dog food - cat food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog, and Ralston Purina products such as Dog Chow, ProPlan, and Purina One), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy Train, Kibbles-n-Bits, Nature's Recipe), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's Science Diet Pet food - dog food - cat food ). Other leading companies include Procter & Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba, Waltham's).
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