What is natural dog food?

Nowadays, many owners are concerned about the health and quality of life of their pets. Feeding their dogs natural dog food is the choice of most owners, but many owners often do not know what natural dog food is. The difference between dog food and commercial food. What is the definition of natural dog food? And what kind of raw materials can be called natural dog food?
Natural dog food means that all the main raw materials that make up dog food are from nature, and no artificial chemicals are added. Preservatives, antioxidants, etc., are mixed with fresh pure meat, natural grains, plants, animal fats, natural antioxidants, etc., and are puffed and granulated. This type of dog food is regarded as "the most perfect dog food" by pet lovers because of its natural source of raw materials, high price, high-end product quality, easy digestion and absorption by pet dogs, and no side effects or residues.

Natural grains do not contain preservatives, antibiotics, growth hormones, synthetic colors and synthetic inducers. Natural raw materials can enhance physical fitness. Natural raw materials have higher nutrition and absorption rate. Long-term consumption can improve immunity, enhance physical fitness, and extend life.

Sampling survey of natural dog food

Brand A:
First main ingredient: corn flour (Maize flour),
Second main ingredient: dehydrated poultry meat)
The added preservative is: potassium sorbate (potassium sorbate)
The added antioxidant is: butylated hydroxytoluene (BHA), propyl gallate (propyl gallic acid)
B brand :
The first main ingredient: Dried Lamb Meat
The second main ingredient: Brown Rice (Ground Rice)
The added antioxidant is: Vitamin E (tocopherols), extracted from Natural things.
Okay, from the above points, we can make the following comparison:

(1) The first main ingredient:

The "Feed Regulations" stipulate that the names of ingredients mentioned in the product name must be arranged in proportion, so the names listed in the "Feed Ingredients List" The "first thing"” is: feed packaging “The most important ingredient is corn flour, the first ingredient of B I brand” “Dry pure mutton, one is cheap grain and the other is meat.” "Of course, the second card won.

(2) Ingredients analysis:

Even if it is not compared with the "ranking of the first ingredient", look at the "ingredients" of the ingredients
Cereals:
A brand It’s cornmeal, a cheaper source of protein among cereals but less easily absorbed.
Brand B uses brown rice (ground rice), which is more beneficial among cereals and is easy to absorb.
Meat:
Brand A uses dehydrated poultry meat, which is bone-in-grade and is inferior to Meat. Brand B uses dehydrated lamb meat. , please note that it is "Meat"---pure meat! It’s not Meal, Meat is the highest-grade meat ingredient!
So, in this comparison, Brand B also wins!

(3) Preservatives and antioxidants:

Let’s look at preservatives and antioxidants
A brand adds a bunch of pretty scary things, including BHA, propyl gallate, etc. It also contains the artificial preservative potassium sorbate. Even if the dosage is within the safe range, I personally think it is not appropriate because things like BHA take more than 36 hours to be metabolized out of the body after being eaten, but usually dogs are unlikely to do so every 36 hours. It only takes one meal, so these chemicals will accumulate in the dog's body for many years...Brand B not only does not contain artificial preservatives, but also uses natural vitamin E (which costs more than chemical antioxidants).
Of course, in this comparison, Brand B wins.
In addition, I also suspect that the ingredient labeling of Brand A is a bit "technical." Take a closer look at Brand B~ In the first main ingredient, Dried Lamb After the word Meat, there is a mark "(mini 26%)", which means that this ingredient accounts for "at least" more than 26% of the entire feed ingredients.
But what about the A card? Not only is there no percentage indicated, but if you look carefully at the first three ingredients of Brand A: "Maize flour, dehydrated poultry meat, maize..." Do you see the clues? What is the difference between the first-ranked ingredient: Maize flour (corn flour) and the third-ranked ingredient, maize (corn)? Aren't they all the same thing?

Why separate tags? This is called "technical originality"! The smart way is to list the "same ingredients, different ingredients" separately to reduce the proportion of ingredients so that the meat ingredients canPutting it in the first place makes this series of feeds look higher, but no matter how the A card is divided, there is still no way to put the meat raw materials in the first place. The first and third raw materials are corn. How much of the total feed does corn account for? Corn itself contains too low body acid and needs to be supplemented, so the corn ratio is too high and you must consider feed! Based on the above three major comparisons, Card B can be said to be an overwhelming victory! In short, when you want to buy dog ​​food in the future, remember to study the instructions and labels carefully.