Yes, all kibble is cooked at least three times. All the ingredients are cooked at least three times to make sure that no natural nutrient or enzyme is left alive. It's all about shelf life. I don't care if it is a big or a small company. If the company is making food that will last for months at a time on a shelf then the natural nutrients and enzymes are no longer in the ingredients and that is why synthetic vitamins and minerals have to be added to replace what is taken out by the cooking processes. Most dog food companies do not seek to make the most nutritious food available for the dog. Their first priority is how they can make a food that will last a very long time on a shelf. They can put what ever sounds good in the ingredient list but it is the synthetic vitamins and minerals that your dogs are living on.
We all have to decide what we will feed ourselves, our families and our pets. I don't eat processed foods, I don't eat genetically engineered fruits and vegetables and I don't eat meat that has been injected with steroids, antibiotics and hormones. The food industry has been changing the foods we eat for quite some time and then people wonder why American's are so sick and overweight. The pet food industry has a head start in producing food that packages well but delivers an inferior product for consumption. A product that is far from what our bodies were intended to consume.
That is why I am against feeding synthetic vitamins and minerals to my dog. |