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Originally Posted by Britster  Yes, but let's face it: the soy most are using in dog food is NOT going to be coming from top-of-the-line grocery stores, either. So comparing the cost of human products is kind of irrelevant because those companies are not going to the grocery store and shopping for the best products out there. The same can be said for meat, too, though of course. |
Soy is soy. I don't see how there could be different grades of soy, inferior or superior, unless it is like olive oil. I have a brand preference, but I can't really say that one is garbage compared to another.
When evaluating ingredients, their quality and prices, we have to look at the producer and trade market, not the grocery store. Buying huge quantities wholesale from the producers or their co-ops is a lot different than buying a product packaged and priced for individual sale at the grocery store.
The raw food feeders often point to the price of meats and other ingredients at the grocery store as proof that kibble is made of cr@p. Yet they often belong to co-ops themselves. I would think they would have an inkling of how the trade market works.