are all the ingredients in dry dog food approved for human consumption?

Answer 1

The ingredients in most high quality foods, Evo, Natural Balance, Nature's Variety to name a couple are.

Poor quality foods, Science Diet, Purina, Eukanuba, store brands, use food that can't pass for human consumption.

That is actually how the whole commercial dog food market started about 50 years ago. Its a way for large companies to get rid of their waste and make a profit.

Answer 2

The answer is a resounding NO. But then, that would depend on which brand of dog food you're referring to.

Most dry foods, even many of the so-called "top selling" premium foods, contain ingredients that would not be approved for human consumption.
That's because the pet food industry makes their profits off of foods manufactured with ingredients that are rejected by the human food industry. Meats are one good example.

After chickens, cattle, lambs or any other meat source is slaughtered and cut up for human needs, there are many animal parts left over that would normally be thrown away, unfit for human use. It is these parts (feet, beaks, intestines, lungs, brains, etc) which get put into the mix of pet food ingredients.

But the pet food industry has also been known to add meats that are from unknown sources which would definately not be fit for human consumption. Some of the horrific sources might be roadkill, diseased, dying or dead zoo animals, and euthanized pets.

If the ingredients label on the food container reads "MEAT" by-products or meal, or "ANIMAL" fat, by-products or digest, then it's very possible that these "unnamed" ingredients are from an unknown, questionable and unsafe source.

But it isn't just meat by-products that are used. The by-products from grain processing are also thrown into the mix. Things like corn or wheat gluten, brewer's rice, and brans from varying sources (all of which are basically floor sweepings that contain literally no nutrition whatsoever) are used as fillers.

I must clarify, though, that not ALL pet food products on the market are bad. There are a small handful of brands that use all human-grade quality ingredients, and it is these products that would fit into the answer to your question.

Below I have listed some links regarding pet foods. They will really open your eyes and make you think twice before ever buying pet food again.

Answer 3

Most dry dog food is barely even fit for canine consumption, let alone humans. I was feeding my dog a very high quality kibble (without all of the corn and wheat fillers), but I have switched him to raw over the past few days. Much healthier than even the best kibble.

It's better than kibble, it can be cheaper, and it doesn't take up your time like unnecessarily cooking your dog's food. Cooking a dog's food does nothing but make the humans feel more comfortable. It also causes bones in the meat to become dangerously brittle and likely to splinter.

Answer 4

No. I worked at purina and saw what goes into wet and dry dog food. Anything that comes from and animal that is not a bone is considered either protien or fat. The scraps from slaughter houses is sent to the dog food company in train cars where most of it rots. It is then cooked, but not to human standards. Not to a high enough temp. to kill things that can kill us. Dogs can tolerate it. Salmanella runs rampant in dry dog food and dog biscuits. If a child handles a dog biscuit, they will most likely get diarrhea. Adults sometimes can fight it off better but for the most part, it is too dangerous. A lot of old people have died from eating dry and wet pet food.
Thebones are heated up and dried out and ground down. They call it calcium. The skin is cooked and the grease is added to dry food to help it stick together when it is compressed into kibble or biscuits.

Answer 5

Mix the following ingredients in a large bowl 1 cup meat, cooked and finely chopped or shredded 3 cups cooked brown basmatti rice 3 cups rolled oats. 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups dry milk powder 2 tbs bone meal 3 cups low sodium chicken broth 4 eggs beaten 1/2 cup olive oil Directions: Mix together the eggs and oil, then add them into the flour/oat mixture. Spread this mixture into a greased baking sheet. I use a aluminum foil lined pan to get it out easily Bake at 200 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. Cut the baked mixture into small cubes or break apart while warm. Pack into individual servings and freeze. You can also chop this kibble in a blender if your dog has a very sensitive stomach, just like my dog. Other ingredient you can use are: cooked chicken, chopped cooked vegetables, chopped cooked ground chuck cooked ground turkey hard boiled eggs Also you can replace 1 cup of broth with 1 cup pureed veggies I use this one to give my girl a change up and to take when we travel as it will keep easier

Answer 6

NOPE!!! Certainly not in any regular commercial dog food!

Most of the things in brands like Iams, Eukanuba, et al. are by products, fillers, and other things LEFT OVER after they take what's fit for human consumption.

You're also likely to get ingredients like diseases beef cattle that can't legally be used for human food, and euthanized dogs from labratories, and other horrendous things.

There is one brand, Nature's Variety, that IS USDA certified for human consumption, though. Other high-end brands may be also.

naturesvariety.com

Answer 7

That depends on the individual I guess. Would you like to eat chicken beaks and feet and rodent parts and any other scrap meat that comes from sick or already dead beef, pig, lamb etc? Then go for it. Because that is exactly what your feeding your dog(s). After doing extensive research, I have switched my dogs to eating raw, the way they were ment to eat. I have had them on this diet for 7 days now, and already I see a great improvement in their energy level. They love this new diet and eagerly await when it's time to eat, where as when they were being fed that nasty kibble and canned food, sometimes they wouldn't even touch the stuff.
I will never feed my dogs that disgusting processed food again. I hope you are aware that the companies spray the kibble food with a fat/sugary substance so that the dogs will eat the food. Otherwise, they would not eat it.
So, in answer to your question; no, dog food is not approved for human consumption, and it should not be approved for dog consumption either.

Answer 8

Often times foods approved for human consumption are unfit!
A few certified organic-no chemicals added might be safer.
It is labeled dog food for a reason.Generally the ingredients are listed in order.If chicken meal is the 1st ingredient, that is mainly what the food is made up of.
Products starting with corn generally is just a filler with zero nutritional value.It is never digested & just eliminated making for larger poos to clean up!
Surely you have seen the massive pet food recall affecting many trusted brands.Mostly the moist food has poisoned & killed beloved pets.
What you choose to cook in your kitchen for your pets is what is likely fit for human consumption.
Why would you ask by the way?

Answer 9

Dog food is made from many of the very same things we as humans ingest everyday . Grains , Protein , fats . In theory theres no danger in tasting fidos kibble . But I dought you would enjoy the experience since pet foods are generated with from taste stand point of the dog . Not he owner . Oh and just a quick word of caution . My ex hubby had a Friend that did work repairing machines that process dog food . He often bragged about urinating in the bins that contained the pet food , as a way not to have to stop working . So yuck!

Answer 10

no!.. good God!.. if it was do you think it would be $15 for 50 pounds!??.... I grew up on a farm, and own a company that does work for the place where they make the ingredients for dog food.... wana hear?

when they say beef, they meen the guts that they dont put into sausage, the undigested food and the poop still in the systems when they cow gets killed. also the dead anumals they pock up from the farms that are too far decomposed for mink farms... so basicaly when they cook all that cool stuff and ad some waste from other processed food places, vitamans and othet stuff they advertise on the front of the bag and dry it, you have dog food.