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Originally Posted by mimimomo  It's all about cost, lowering it in this case...chicken by products are cheaper than chicken muscle meat. Chicken by product also lacks the digestibility compared to chicken muscle meat...thus the inclusion of a lot of brewers rice, for added fiber to move things along...it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
Yes, by-products are eaten by dogs & cats that eat raw food, but these are high quality fresh proteins, packed w/the essential amino acids. Easily digestible & high in protein which were preferably grass fed animals w/no antibiotics.
The ones that goes into dog & cat food are full of feces, maggots, the 4D meats which are rendered: dead, diseased, dying, disabled & euthanized animals. That is the BIG issue behind the scenes of these pet food giants.
I personally do not feed chicken, the inhumane conditions they are kept in, the link to cancer that the FDA covered up for years...yes, chicken causes cancer! |
Raw companies lower costs too... They've got profits too. Bone is quite cheap.
Personally, I've fed chicken for 14 years. My dogs have aged beautifully.
There's too much fear mongering going on here lately and it clouds the issue. Not everyone wants to feed raw patties and from what I've seen, raw fed dogs are no healthier than other dogs.