Is your K-9's favorite treat one of above pictures? Do you really know what it in the treat you loving give to your BFF (Best Fur Friend) or do you just open the bag and hand them one because they have always like them. What exactly do all these commercial treats have in common? Although not all the ingredients pose a threat to our K-9's, over a period of time they could cause potential health issues if given on a daily basis.
We are becoming more of a health conscience society, we check the labels on the foods we feed our families, but how many people check the ingredients of the treats they give their K-9's. Watch the people in the markets, how many do you see reading the backs of food for family consumption. Go into the pet aisle and you will see people looking at the front of the treats they are thinking of purchasing, how many do you see turning the package around to read what the ingredients are...
Here are three of the above treats to show you what they are made of, and the ingredients in RED are ingredients to avoid...
Wheat flour, beef meal and beef bone meal, corn flour, sugar, dried digest of poultry by-products, cooked bone marrow preserved with BHA, BHT and citric acid, beef fat preserved with tocopherols, salt, brewers dried yeast, artificial color (includes red 40), iron oxide, sodium metabisulfite (dough conditioner), natural flavor.
Wheat Flour, Poultry By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), Chicken, Wheat Gluten, Brewers Rice, Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Lecithin,Potassium Chloride, Salt, Whole Grain Corn, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Sodium Metabisulfite, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Biotin, Sodium Selenite.
Ground wheat, corn gluten meal, wheat flour, water,ground yellow corn, sugar, glycerin, soybean meal, hydrogenated corn syrup, bacon (preserved with sodium nitrite), salt, bacon fat (preserved with BHA and citric acid), meat, phosphoric acid, sorbic acid (a preservative), calcium propionate (a preservative), natural and artificial peanut butter flavor, natural and artificial vanilla flavor, added color, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1.
You will notice the first ingredient in most commercial dog treats are wheat based.. Corn and Soy are full of GMO's as well as some wheat products. Non-GMO wheats are also processed in the same factories and may contain traces of GMO's. Another caution about corn is the risk of it containing Aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a fungal growth on corn which produces a toxin that can damage the liver and may lead to liver cancer. Not only do our K-9's lack the enzyme to properly break these grains down, they all turn into sugars potentially causing obesity.
"Natural Flavors" can contain artificial flavors and MSG and almost always do.
Most ALL vitamins included in commercial pet treats are synthetic vitamins. Our K-9's bodies do not recognize them and they are of no use nutritionally. The majority of Vitamins that go into our K-9's treats are sourced from China.
Vitamin A supplement (preserved with BHT, includes processing aids of gelatin, sucrose, modified starch, and uses sodium aluminum as in anti-caking agent).
Vitamin C should not be mixed with iron or copper supplements. Most added Vit C comes from China.
Vitamin E Supplements are preserved with BHT.
Niacin (B3-Made in China)
Vitamin B12 Supplement (Made in China)
Vitamin D3 Supplement (preserved with BHT, includes processing aids of gelatin, sucrose, modified starch, and uses sodium aluminum as an anti-caking agent)
Riboflavin Supplement (B2, Made in China)
Food Coloring:
Titanium Dioxide: Potentially carcinogenic artificial color used as white pigment and dough conditioner and it has been shown to cause autoimmune disorders
CARAMEL COLORING: Caramel coloring is a mix of sugars, ammonia, and, in some cases, sulfite. When heated at high temperatures, this combination turns into 2-methylimidazole (2-MEI) and 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) – proven cancer inducers.
Blue #1 (Brilliant Blue): In 2003, the U.S. FDA issued a public health advisory to warn health care providers of the potential toxicity of this synthetic dye in enteral feeding solutions. Potential problem: Irritation, itching, gastrointestinal upset, possible mutagenic and tumor igenic effects, nausea . Toxicity, including death, has been reported only in association with FD&C Blue No. 1 tinting of enteral feedings, intended as a means of visually detecting pulmonary aspiration, although causality has not been established.
Blue 2 (artificial color):
The largest study suggested, but did not prove, that this dye caused brain tumors in male mice. The FDA concluded that there is "reasonable certainty of no harm", but personally I'd rather avoid this ingredient and err on the side of caution.
Citrus Red #2:
It's toxic to rodents at modest levels and caused tumors of the urinary bladder and possibly other organs.
Red #3 (Erythrosine)(artificial color):
Recognized in 1990 by the FDA as a thyroid carcinogen in animals and is banned in cosmetics and externally applied drugs.
Red 40 (Allura Red)(artificial color):
The most widely used food dye. While this is one of the most-tested food dyes, the key mouse tests were flawed and inconclusive. An FDA review committee acknowledged problems, but said evidence of harm was not "consistent" or "substantial." Like other dyes, Red 40 is used mainly in junk foods. You should just avoid this ingredient and err on the side of caution.
Yellow 5 (Tartrazine)(artificial color):
The second most widely used coloring can cause mild allergic reactions, primarily in aspirin-sensitive persons.
Yellow 5 causes sometimes-severe hypersensitivity reactions and might trigger hyperactivity and other behavioral effects in children.
Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow)(artificial color):
Industry-sponsored animal tests indicated that this dye, the third most widely used, causes tumors of the adrenal gland and kidney. In addition, small amounts of several carcinogens contaminate Yellow 6. However, the FDA reviewed those data and found reasons to conclude that Yellow 6 does not pose a significant cancer risk to humans. Yellow 6 may also cause occasional allergic reactions. Another ingredient I would rather avoid and err on the side of caution rather than risking my pet's health.
Green #3 (Fast Green):
Caused significant increases in bladder and testes tumors in male rats.
Sweeteners
Even our K-9's have a sweet tooth and can be addicted to the taste of sugars, and trying to change this addiction can be difficult if you are trying to get them to eat a healthier biscuit treat . Continuous intake can promote hypoglycemia, obesity, nervousness, cataracts, tooth decay, arthritis and allergies.
Cane Molasses
AAFCO: A by-product of the manufacture of sucrose from sugar cane. It must contain not less than 43% total sugars expressed as invert.
Corn Syrup
A syrup prepared from cornstarch, used in industry and in numerous food products as a sweetener.
Fructose
A very sweet sugar, occurring in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for food and as an intravenous nutrient.
A monosaccharide found naturally in fresh fruit and honey. It is obtained by the inversion of sucrose by means of the enzyme invertase. Used in small quantities it serves as a nutrient for probiotics, specifically bifidobacteria, which ferment it and produce beneficial enzymes.
High Fructose Corn SyrupHFCS and cane sugar are NOT biochemically identical or processed the same way by the body. High fructose corn syrup is an industrial food product and far from “natural” or a naturally occurring substance. It is extracted from corn stalks. The rapidly absorbed glucose triggers big spikes in insulin–our body’s major fat storage hormone. Both these features of HFCS lead to increased metabolic disturbances that drive increases in appetite, weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia, and more.
HFCS contains contaminants including mercury that are not regulated or measured by the FDA.
An FDA researcher asked corn producers to ship a barrel of high fructose corn syrup in order to test for contaminants. Her repeated requests were refused until she claimed she represented a newly created soft drink company. She was then promptly shipped a big vat of HFCS that was used as part of the study that showed that HFCS often contains toxic levels of mercury because of chlor-alkali products used in its manufacturing. Poisoned sugar is certainly not “natural”.
Sorbitol
A white, sweetish, crystalline alcohol, found in various berries and fruits or prepared synthetically and used as a flavoring agent, a sugar substitute for people with diabetes, and a moisturizer in cosmetics and other products.
Sugar
Our K-9's also get addicted to foods that contain sugars, so it can be a tough piece of work to make them eat something healthier.
Sugar, cane molasses, caramel, corn syrup in any form, sorbitol, sucrose, fructose, glucose, ammoniated glycyrrhizin.
Useless, unnecessary and adds empty calories. Bad ingredients used by companies to make food more palatable to our K-9's/Pet. Used to cover up rotten and rancid foods, and is known to cause hyperglycemia, obesity, nervousness, cataracts, tooth decay, arthritis and allergies.
Unfiltered Water: Unfiltered water contain chemicals, pesticides, fluorides, metals and many other contaminants including bacteria. The water going into pet foods is of unknown source.
Make yourself a coffee or pour yourself a beverage, this video is 42 minutes and worth while to watch. If the pet food manufactures are allowed to do this with our K-9's / Pet's Kibble, why would they treat our K-9's treats any different or better?
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