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Originally Posted by 107barney  By-products can contain organ meats, bone, etc which some people believe are healthy to animals. |
I should have been more specific, and said people should avoid those food whose number one source of protein is from animal byproducts. No doubt about it, some of the by-products can be healthy, but when the by- product is the main source of protein, you are not getting any quality protein. Muscle meat is considered a quality protein and by-products have everything but muscle meat. Since chicken meal contains bones as well as muscle meat, and I don't think there's a real need for by-products, but I understand that when you are feeding a 70 pound dog, by-products could help keep the cost down substantially. If I were choosing a food that contained animals by-products as the main source of protein, I definitely would not want it to be high protein.