Does your premium dog food contain Ethoxyquin?

[Britster]

Originally Posted by _Chrissy_

I do not see a post about Wellness products...
Do they use Ethoxyquin?

Wellness uses ethoxyquin-free protein sources.

According to Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble

[MaddiesMommie]

Originally Posted by enlighten60

I wrote Chicken soup and this is what was said to me.
Dear Marcina,

Thank you for your inquiry.

The Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul products are excellent quality formulas. They provide optimal nutrition for overall good health and do not contain anything harmful.

Fish meal is required by law to be preserved with ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is most effective at preventing rancidity in the highly volatile fish meal. Rancidity in ingredients can lead to severe illness.

Most of the ethoxyquin is destroyed in the cooking process, requiring other preservatives to be used. Tests for ethoxyquin are run routinely on Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul products. The results are typically less than 2ppm. The amount allowed, and considered to be safe, by the FDA is 75ppm.

Fish meal is an important ingredient that provides quality amino acids and omega-3 fatty acids. These nutrients are important for all aspects of a healthy life, including great skin and coat, control of inflammation and a strong immune system.

Sincerely,
Dr. Brookshire

This must be a generic email generated to all questions about this preservative and thier food? I received the exact same email when emailed to ask about TOTW, word for word, even the sender. Hmmm.

[MaddiesMommie]

I also wanted to say thank you jp4m2 for this thread. Very interesting. Glad to see California Natural is safe.

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by MaddiesMommie

I also wanted to say thank you jp4m2 for this thread. Very interesting. Glad to see California Natural is safe.

Your welcome!.....But I have to say.....Thank you!!!!.... to Susan Thixton for starting the work, without her we would have had no clue.....

[crystalsmom]

Thanks again for all this wonderful information. I learned and was shocked about Solid Gold but so glad I had changed to Wellness that worked so well for her.

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

Thanks again for all this wonderful information. I learned and was shocked about Solid Gold but so glad I had changed to Wellness that worked so well for her.

I was too!...I use this for my cats and I thought I was paying for a premium food......I did e-mail Solid Gold last week and have heard nothing....I don't need to hear from them anymore. I already have my answer.......I guess this goes to show me.... Don't believe everything you think!........

[AddieLove]

Yes, a big thank you from me as well! Addie is luckily already on a non-ethoxyquin food (Orijen), but I'm so thankful to get any information I can. Plus, I know now to watch out in case I ever do decide to switch brands.

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by AddieLove

Yes, a big thank you from me as well! Addie is luckily already on a non-ethoxyquin food (Orijen), but I'm so thankful to get any information I can. Plus, I know now to watch out in case I ever do decide to switch brands.

I know what you mean!.....I was looking for a pet food the other day and i couldn't pick one because I was afraid I'd pick one with ethoxyquin.....Now I have a print out to take with me....

[_Chrissy_]

Bumping this up to keep current information & discussions going...

[_Chrissy_]

Originally Posted by Britster

Wellness uses ethoxyquin-free protein sources.

According to Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble

Wellness - Dog Food Analysis
"Overall, this product uses good quality ingredients throughout and we are particularly pleased to see that the use of ethoxyquin-free meat sources is stated."

[jp4m2]

This was added to the more current thread.......here....


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...r-threads.html



NEW INFO......

In light of this information on ethoxyqion , many now don't know if their pet food company is being truthful if this ingredient is used by their fish meal supplier. I received a new e-mail with instructions to ask the pet food company for the Certificate of Analysis they receive from their fish meal supplier. It would list the preservative that was used.......


.....It’s called a Certificate of Analysis; a document provided to pet food manufacturers with every shipment of ingredients. Pet food manufacturers require suppliers to provide them with a certificate of analysis for every pet food ingredient. Information provided with each analysis is different depending on the particular ingredient. However as with the issue of ethoxyquin preserved fish meals, the analysis will report if the fish meal is preserved naturally or with risky ethoxyquin.

If you have your doubts, call or email your pet food manufacturer and ask they provide you with a certificate of analysis for the fish meal ingredient (or any other ingredient). If your pet food manufacturer refuses, perhaps on the basis the information would be proprietary, get a new pet food. Proof of pet food ingredient quality should NEVER be proprietary information. The bad news...with every batch of pet food and in turn with every batch of incoming ingredients, the analysis statement could change. Quality of ingredients SHOULD remain consistent, however one certificate of analysis will not guarantee that.
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[_Chrissy_]

So it seems that the SAFE thing to do is not feed our pups ANY FOOD that has "fish meal" in it. No matter what the company may be telling us.
This is sad news.

[_Chrissy_]

Good to know Nature's Variety's Fish Meal is "ok" to feed.
We got a sample of the Lamb Meal & Oatmeal Medley Prairie today and he LOVES it!

Originally Posted by jp4m2

This is already in another posted in another thread but I thought I'd add it here too......


This is a response that Kimberly, a Y.T. member, received back concerning Nature's Variety pet food and their use of ethoxyquin. This food was not on any of the lists I provided but appears to be safe......I noticed the Nature's Variety rep stated ethoxyquin is not destroyed during the manufacturing process like some companies are trying to claim....Thank you Kimberly..


Thanks for emailing! There are no preservatives. There are some rumors floating around about fish meal and ethoxyquin preservation. First, ethoxyquin cannot be destroyed by manufacturing conditions and any manufacturer who makes this claim is incorrect.

Secondly, most rumors of ethoxyquin and fish meal preservation are from unsubstantiated websites (Dog Foods - Or What In The World Should I Buy? for example). The websites mentions the Code of Federal Regulations, and if you read the actual code carefully, it simply implies that fishmeal/fish scrap on a shipping vessel entering US waters/ports needs to be heavily preserved with an antioxidant, the recommendation being ethoxyquin.

This applies only to fish meal that is shipped; Nature's Variety fish meal is not shipped. Our fish is frozen at sea to prevent degradation and immediately processed into a fish meal once it reaches the manufacturing facility. We have a special contract to ensure our fish meals are naturally preserved.

Third, federal law requires all preservatives to be disclosed on the ingredient panel. We are a transparent, honest, and trustworthy company and comply with all state and federal laws. We test our products for synthetic preservatives to confirm that our suppliers are selling us high quality ingredients meeting our strict specs.

Sincerely,
Customer Service
Nature's Variety
Nature's Variety