For some reason, it is bothering me that this ingredient is showing up in more and more cat foods, both wet and dry, premium and economical. Perhaps it's because any wet foods I have purchased for my cats to try that had dried egg product in it have a weird smell (eggy?) and weird consistency (gelatinous). They didn't like any of them. I don't remember seeing this ingredient so much three years ago. I know in the raw and home-cooked forum, fresh eggs are talked about very positively as a nutritious addition to a cat's diet. I'm totally on board with that.
A quick Google search led me to the good ol' Mercola site:
"Whole Egg Waste" - Unfit for Humans, But Fine for Dogs and Cats
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/04/06/egg-product-as-pet-food.aspx
If what the Mercola site is saying is true, it would explain why I didn't see dried egg product so prevalently three years ago. It is a relatively new endeavor and pet food manufacturers are jumping on the opportunity to incorporate it in their formulas. I know there are so many things about commercial pet food that we can debate about. Right now, dried egg product is bothering me.
A quick Google search led me to the good ol' Mercola site:
"Whole Egg Waste" - Unfit for Humans, But Fine for Dogs and Cats
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/04/06/egg-product-as-pet-food.aspx
If what the Mercola site is saying is true, it would explain why I didn't see dried egg product so prevalently three years ago. It is a relatively new endeavor and pet food manufacturers are jumping on the opportunity to incorporate it in their formulas. I know there are so many things about commercial pet food that we can debate about. Right now, dried egg product is bothering me.