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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  [/b]
I would love for an independent nutritionist to explain certain things, but when someone works for a company, they are under no obligations to "teach" or educate anyone. They may say that's their goal, but they want to sell a product. That is the bottom line.
Lets hear Ashleys' definition of Brewers Rice:
Let's hear an independent definition of Brewers rice:
Ashley definition and the independent definition are very close, but certain key facts are left out of Ashley definition, like it has "little nutritional value." She is correct that kibble needs some type of starch in order to retain it's shape, but why not use a nutritious grain? Also, Brewer's rice is now the number one ingredient, it's no longer chicken meal, should the number one ingredient of a food offer only calories?
So you think you are going to get good solid answers, and I think Ashley is under no obligation to do that and will mislead as much as possible.
According to Ashley, chicken by-product meals is as expensive, if not more expensive than chicken meal. Do you really believe that's true? Please do some independent research on this. Just like I tell people do to their homework when choosing a breeder, you have to do your homework when choosing a food, you can't just rely on the name of a company anymore, companies change hands all the time and their goals and mission change. |
Very salient and informative...thanks for digging this up. To me, it's like how people don't generally fully invest in the opinions of DFA (dog food analysis site), but they do in a Vet Nutritionist. I can't fully invest in/trust the opinions of someone who works for the company and then they're analyzing the very products
they themselves sell, whether directly or indirectly.
There is an undeniable conflict of interest there.
I'm not saying it's not valuable to have a pet food industry employee here, my gosh...wish we had one from EVERY company here! But I am saying there is a very clear conflict of interest and we should always keep that in mind.
It's no different than our YT rule about those members here who SELL pet food - they are not even *allowed* to promote their own food in this section! It's considered a conflict of interest and we consider that to be misleading to our members. I should actually check w/ Admin to make sure that they are comfortable w/ even having a food's rep here, or if they see it as too much of a conflict and/or as "selling/marketing" their own food. My guess is it will be okay though.