Pet food is healthier than fast food

by Andrew Barrow (Subscribe to Andrew Barrow's posts)
Posted Mar 31st 2006 11:39AM
Filed under: British Isles, Science, Trends

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Meaty Chunks with added marrow bone anyone? You pet food could be healthier than a lot of fast food according to NWQ ATUDY. Tins of cat and dog food are not only good for their health but yours as well, as they contain less fat, salt and sugar levels than fast food.

Experts compared 30 different human meals with 15 readily available pet foods and declared that Gourmet Gold cat food, with 2.9 grams of fat per 100 grams, was eight times less fatty than pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken with 23.2 grams of fat per 100 grams. Fat levels were also lower when compared to a McDonald’s Big Mac and a Pizza Hut meal.

It is a UK study that concluded that pet food was healthier under the Food Standards Agency’s new “traffic light” labelling scheme, than most of the food people eat. Except me - as I don't eat KFC/McDonalds/Pizza Hut meals - being a food snob and all.

Tags: food and drink, FoodAndDrink, pet food, PetFood, traffic light scheme, TrafficLightScheme

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3-31-2006 @ 12:13PM

minime said...

Sad but true..this is what's in our pooch's bowl. It actually smells pretty good too. :)

Wellness dog food:
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* Dogs prefer the taste 3:1 over the already popular Wellness formulas.
* Wellness has achieved this great flavor without the use of rendered animal fat, digests, unidentified "natural flavors," salt or sugar.

Wellness rainbow includes: Tomatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, and Spinach.

In addition to Garlic, Yucca Schidigera and Chicory Root we now include the valuable phyto-nutrients from Green Tea Extract, one of the most powerful antioxidants available.
==

3-31-2006 @ 12:20PM

SleighBoy said...

I don't know anything about the scale they used to judge this commercial food. But take into consideration the source of the content of cat/dog food, which is very poor. Plus all the processing then the preservatives and such that are packed into pet foods. I'm not saying convenience foods are any good for you either.

Convenience is likely sending many to their grave early, and our pets too. I can't see a mention of commercial pet food and not comment on this.

3-31-2006 @ 6:22PM

AP1 said...

Yeah, cat food may be healthier than a Whopper but have you tasted it recently? I can think of lots of things that are healthier than a Whopper but taste like ass. If only I could get someone to pay me to do a study to prove that...

4-01-2006 @ 3:13AM

Anne said...

Healthy = low fat - well, actually not that great for the pets. Or at least not for all pets. I have fairly thin cats, and we're constantly struggle with getting enough food into them. Hey, maybe I should start buying them Whoppers.. :)

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