Pea Protein & Pea Fiber ingredients in food

[Britster]

More than Health Concerns

Good article.

[Princes mom]

Wow! Very interesting.

[mimimomo]

Thanks for posting...I never liked it in my guys' food & avoid it.

[hugz4all4]

makes my dogs itchy, cant use it.

[Cherie6446]

I feed veggies at night to my two. Recently, Zoey started throwing up the peas within about five minutes after eating. She used to eat them with no problem but no longer. Now we just stick with mixed veggies, green beans and sweet potatoes with no puking problems.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by Cherie6446

I feed veggies at night to my two. Recently, Zoey started throwing up the peas within about five minutes after eating. She used to eat them with no problem but no longer. Now we just stick with mixed veggies, green beans and sweet potatoes with no puking problems.

peas themselves are not the problem as far as dog food goes though. Just not trusting pea protein or pea fibre. Pea protein is pretty much equilvant to having corn gluten meal in a food. It's just a prettier name.

[mimimomo]

Originally Posted by Britster

peas themselves are not the problem as far as dog food goes though. Just not trusting pea protein or pea fibre. Pea protein is pretty much equilvant to having corn gluten meal in a food. It's just a prettier name.

Whole peas are fine.
It poses a problem when they split the ingredient to pea fiber, pea protein, pea starch, pea flour. If the pet food has 2 or more of the above ingredients, then a bulk of the protein is not coming from the meat protein, but from a plant source.
Dogs can't digest fruits & veggies, it must be blanched or blended for it to be absorbed.