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I have learned through TCS that we should stay away from foods that contain by products, but I never really saw an explanation for why that is...
Today someone gave me a can of very cheap food called "Fine Feline" (an aldi brand) and the first ingredient is "chicken by products"
I didn't want to throw away food, so I decided to mix it into the rest of Jake's meal. My parents have told me all about really gross stuff about pet food, things like it's probably made from euthanised or diseased animals...so while I opened the can I couldn't even stand touching the food itself, I felt really disgusted by it because of the stuff I've heard my parents say -they won't have any pet food near the kitchen, and they ask me that I keep all food in Jake's play room. Since I'm not allowed to wash his things at the kitchen sink because they've touched the food, I usually put his food on a paper towel over the plate and then just throw the paper towel after he's finished..They think pet food is that bad. Even though the ingredients of the food I feed Jake on a regular basis (avoderm) list no by products, they don't trust the ingredients..
But, still I'm curious, what are by products and how much of all that is true??
ETA I found this:
Brain, livers, intestines- all stuff humans eat in some cultures...
Today someone gave me a can of very cheap food called "Fine Feline" (an aldi brand) and the first ingredient is "chicken by products"
I didn't want to throw away food, so I decided to mix it into the rest of Jake's meal. My parents have told me all about really gross stuff about pet food, things like it's probably made from euthanised or diseased animals...so while I opened the can I couldn't even stand touching the food itself, I felt really disgusted by it because of the stuff I've heard my parents say -they won't have any pet food near the kitchen, and they ask me that I keep all food in Jake's play room. Since I'm not allowed to wash his things at the kitchen sink because they've touched the food, I usually put his food on a paper towel over the plate and then just throw the paper towel after he's finished..They think pet food is that bad. Even though the ingredients of the food I feed Jake on a regular basis (avoderm) list no by products, they don't trust the ingredients..
But, still I'm curious, what are by products and how much of all that is true??
ETA I found this:
I honestly see nothing wrong with eating this stuff....."Chicken by-products include head, feet, entrails, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, liver, stomach, bones, blood, intestines, and any other part of the carcass not fit for human consumption," writes Henry Pasternak in Healing Animals with Nature's Cures.
Brain, livers, intestines- all stuff humans eat in some cultures...