“ingredient splitting" is where the manufacturers split up the grain fractions or the by-product fractions so that they can be listed lower on the ingredient list, but when all of the grain or by-product sources are added together, they total more than the muscle meat that is listed first.
For example:
Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, Taurine, Flaxseed, Vitamins/Minerals.
Here Chicken is listed first, but there are two types of rice – hence more grains than meat?
Another Example:
Potatoes, Duck, Duck Meal, Canola Oil, Potato Fiber, Salmon Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Rosemary Extract, Natural Flavor, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamins
It has duck and duck meal – hence more protein even though potatoes is the first ingredient?
Is ingredient splitting real or is it a myth since pet food makers are required to carefully label their products according to stringent government regulations?
2006-10-26
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