Oh wow, thank you for that short and sweet video explaining the labels! I may have to start looking for a new brand, as the one I have for my cat you very quickly rejected!
There's some stigma with meal and by-products and a lot of misinformation sadly (not blaming or shaming anyone). But here are some information that might be useful to know. 1. Pet food companies are obligated to list any and all ingredients they use. 2. Meal refers to protein (muscle meat specifically) that have been cooked and rendered to a powder/grain like form, devoid of most of its moisture. Brands that name a whole protein as their first ingredient simply means that they weighed the ingredient whole, with the entire water content of that ingredient. But that protein will also end up being cooked and rendered. Protein meal do not come from diseased animals either, they must pass FDA standards for consumption (P.S., human grade in pet foods is not a regulated term, so it may mean something, but it may mean absolutely nothing beyond marketing tactics). 3. By products refer to parts of animals that are no muscle meat. Basically organs, tripes, but no fur, no feathers, no beaks, no hoofs. 4. Protein meal snd by products must only contain parts from the protein named. The only time this is not practiced (i.e., poultry meal, meat meal) is when more than one protein is used. But only protein from the named category are present; e.g., poultry can only be chicken, quail, turkey etc. 5. Between a food that lists a whole protein as its first ingredient and one that has [insert protein name]-meal, the whole protein food actually may contain less of the actual meat, because it is weighed with full water/moisture content. 6. Dry food needs to be supplemented with vitamins and minerals in order to be balanced and nutritionally meet or exceed standards. Overall, I'd say that contacting the brand you're interested in, and asking questions suggested by the WSAVA (they provide a list of questions one may want to ask a pet food company before purchasing their food) is best practice. It's also a good thing to check if that brand has had any reported cases of DCM in dogs. Reading a list of ingredient is one thing, but doing a little bit of research on the side is never a bad thing.
@@MicolAndOtherAnimals I can't find the links. Would you mind sharing them here? If you'd also like some links to confirm the information I have put in the comment, let me know ^^
@@jdmnation1120 sounds like an amazing company to work for! I’d love to review more of your products. Let me know if there’s any new you’d like me to consider!
Hi Crystal, did you see my other videos on how to read labels? They should help you get a send of what if good / not good. As far as recommendations, there’s a couple in this video and passed the “test” 😉
Have you see my other videos on how to read labels? They might help you answer your own question 😉 this one in particular ruclips.net/video/0HYEs96_QkM/видео.html I hope that helps 😊
Very clear, unfortunately I have yet to find an acceptable brand if I follow these guidelines. I will continue watching your videos ro see if I can find anything else, but I would love to see someone to give us like a priority level on these ingrediens, that is to say, what is worst, peas or canola oil or meat meal or coconut oil.. I beleive that would help us to make more informed desitions.
Thank you for watching 🤩 Wanna know why I wouldn't feed "meals"? ⟶🎥 ruclips.net/video/0HYEs96_QkM/видео.html
00:00 - Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Hydrolyzed Protein Adult HP
00:37 Hill's Prescription Diet Canine Potato & Venison
00:45 Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Duck & Freeze-Dried Raw Pieces
00:51 - Acana Grasslands
01:00 - Orijen Regional Red
01:17 - Visionary Beef Recipe
01:25 - Ziwi Peak Dry Lamb
01:48 - Visionary Beef Recipe Medallions
02:00 - Instinct Be Natural Real Lamb & Oatmeal
02:11 - Stella & Chewy’s Dandy Lamb Meal Mixers
I love how clear you made this, Micol. Nice to see how it can be done quickly!
Thank you! It really can be super fast if you know what to look for!
Oh wow, thank you for that short and sweet video explaining the labels! I may have to start looking for a new brand, as the one I have for my cat you very quickly rejected!
Oh no! I hate when that happens! 😂 but there’s a few I reviewed that have great ingredients!
Excellent. Subbed.
So glad you liked it! Welcome 😊
Thank you so much for this now I know what to buy for my cat
Fantastic! Glad it was helpful!
There's some stigma with meal and by-products and a lot of misinformation sadly (not blaming or shaming anyone). But here are some information that might be useful to know.
1. Pet food companies are obligated to list any and all ingredients they use.
2. Meal refers to protein (muscle meat specifically) that have been cooked and rendered to a powder/grain like form, devoid of most of its moisture. Brands that name a whole protein as their first ingredient simply means that they weighed the ingredient whole, with the entire water content of that ingredient. But that protein will also end up being cooked and rendered. Protein meal do not come from diseased animals either, they must pass FDA standards for consumption (P.S., human grade in pet foods is not a regulated term, so it may mean something, but it may mean absolutely nothing beyond marketing tactics).
3. By products refer to parts of animals that are no muscle meat. Basically organs, tripes, but no fur, no feathers, no beaks, no hoofs.
4. Protein meal snd by products must only contain parts from the protein named. The only time this is not practiced (i.e., poultry meal, meat meal) is when more than one protein is used. But only protein from the named category are present; e.g., poultry can only be chicken, quail, turkey etc.
5. Between a food that lists a whole protein as its first ingredient and one that has [insert protein name]-meal, the whole protein food actually may contain less of the actual meat, because it is weighed with full water/moisture content.
6. Dry food needs to be supplemented with vitamins and minerals in order to be balanced and nutritionally meet or exceed standards.
Overall, I'd say that contacting the brand you're interested in, and asking questions suggested by the WSAVA (they provide a list of questions one may want to ask a pet food company before purchasing their food) is best practice. It's also a good thing to check if that brand has had any reported cases of DCM in dogs. Reading a list of ingredient is one thing, but doing a little bit of research on the side is never a bad thing.
noted. You might want to check out the links I included in the description/video, they are directly from the source
@@MicolAndOtherAnimals I can't find the links. Would you mind sharing them here? If you'd also like some links to confirm the information I have put in the comment, let me know ^^
@@Tiggy0 check out my other videos on reading labels. They're there 😉
I work for ziwi here in New Zealand
Lovely! 😊 Anything you’d like to add to my review of it?
You've covered it all, amazing work environment and food is high quality🙂
@@jdmnation1120 sounds like an amazing company to work for! I’d love to review more of your products. Let me know if there’s any new you’d like me to consider!
can you please review the honest kitchen grains free clusters ? and if it’s not a good one can you recommend a good kibble ?
Hi Crystal, did you see my other videos on how to read labels? They should help you get a send of what if good / not good. As far as recommendations, there’s a couple in this video and passed the “test” 😉
what are your thoughts on solid gold dog food?
Have you see my other videos on how to read labels? They might help you answer your own question 😉 this one in particular ruclips.net/video/0HYEs96_QkM/видео.html I hope that helps 😊
Very clear, unfortunately I have yet to find an acceptable brand if I follow these guidelines.
I will continue watching your videos ro see if I can find anything else, but I would love to see someone to give us like a priority level on these ingrediens, that is to say, what is worst, peas or canola oil or meat meal or coconut oil.. I beleive that would help us to make more informed desitions.
I hear you. There were some acceptable option in the ones I reviewed, if it helps!
You are going too fast .all I'm learning is no no no no. Say the ingredients that are no good and the brand if your going to go so fast!!!
Did you check out my other videos on what the ingredients mean and how to quickly read labels? Those would answer your questions ☺️