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Originally Posted by IluvmyRico  So I guess I should go with the frozen then, rather than freeze dried? The freeze dried is the one with the 25% fat content, idk seems like a lot. Worried about pancreatitis. |
I had a conversation on Facebook with a Primal Rep about their new Primal Freeze dried Formula. I was concerned with whether the fat % was a lot higher percentage in their freeze dried formulas like I have heard of other companies freeze dried products. They come in Nuggets just as their frozen Nuggets come, but you just need to add water.
Primal Pet Foods: Hydrating is easy. You'll add 1 tablespoon for every nugget. You'll want to mash it up a bit with a fork to mix in the water.
The calculator works the same way. You'll feed based on nuggets only, not weight. (i.e. if you feed 5 nuggets of canine chicken raw formula, you'll also feed 5 nuggets of canine chicken freeze-dried formula.) They are both the same product only the freeze-dried has the moisture removed.
Theresa: Is the Fat Percentage in the freeze dried a higher percentage?
Primal Pet Foods: Hi Theresa, thanks for your question. The canine beef freeze-dried formula is the exact same product as our raw frozen canine beef formula with the moisture removed during the freeze-drying process. You can't directly compare guaranteed analysis of a wet food to a dry food because the moisture has been removed from the dry food (3% moisture vs. 67% moisture). If you look at the crude fat in our canine raw frozen beef formula (with 67% moisture), you'll see that the value is at 14% crude fat. All of our products list guaranteed analysis "as sent". You can read a good blog entry on our website that explains guaranteed analysis in wet and dry foods and how to compare them.
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