05-22-2014, 12:50 PM
I'm not convinced that it's worse than the premium brands. In the pet food industry, there is a mountain of propaganda, and no significant comparative research that reaches consumers. The same processing plants produce food for many different labels. The Purina Pro Plan food is probably a notch above what you see in supermarkets, but without careful ongoing analysis, who knows? I doubt very much that those in charge of the premium brands can realistically have a clue about the actual source of the ingredients that the processing plants are using. Animal products used in pet food are often from animals graded not fit for human consumption. Slaughtering facilities do cheat in this area, BTW. They make more money selling for human consumption, so do the math: if you eat meat, you are almost certainly getting some from animals that should have been graded unfit for human consumption. Cheating occurs, and enforcement of laws covering this area is spotty.
Premium brands that have been fine may suddenly become less than desirable if the processing plants decide to use cheap ingredients from dubious sources (e.g., China).
I feed supposedly better brands to my cats. But the one who lived the longest was the one who ate Friskies and 9lives until she was 15. At that point, I had to switch to different food because the other cat in the household developed FUS. The oldest cats that I have known personally all ate stuff like Friskies or Fancy Feast. Go figure.
Premium brands that have been fine may suddenly become less than desirable if the processing plants decide to use cheap ingredients from dubious sources (e.g., China).
I feed supposedly better brands to my cats. But the one who lived the longest was the one who ate Friskies and 9lives until she was 15. At that point, I had to switch to different food because the other cat in the household developed FUS. The oldest cats that I have known personally all ate stuff like Friskies or Fancy Feast. Go figure.