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| Cook time |
Less than 3-8 minutes |
20 minutes plus | |
| Palatability |
Product enrobed with fats to make product palatable |
All ingredients included in the mix – enrobing not necessary | |
| Preservatives |
Needed to be added to preserve the oils and fats on the outside of the product for extended shelf life |
Not needed as oils are cooked into the product | |
| Gluten |
Most cereals (wheat, oats, and barley) contain gluten – the extruder is not effective at stretching the gluten |
Gluten is stretched in the mixing process as the product becomes a
dough | |
| Particle Size |
Uniform as this is the way the process works |
Deliberately “rough cut” to help plaque removal | |
| Ingredients |
Fast ‘pressure’ cooked |
Slow cooked which changes the molecules of raw material starches to easy digestible dextrines | |
What’s in a word?
Cutting through the “smoke and mirrors” on dog food packaging is very difficult and confusing – at the time they sound very scientific
Whilst trying to understand what the best food for your dog is, it is worth trying to understand what some of the statements manufacturers use actually mean.
Hypoallergenic
try looking this up in a dictionary, we could not find it. Try looking it up on the web and the answer is: The term lacks a medical definition, and is not found it most Standard English dictionaries. As there isn't any official certification that an item must undergo before being touted as hypoallergenic, additional studies should be sought after, before one can assert how much and in which way the tendency to cause allergies is decreased” - Source: Wikipedia
Holistic
definitions tend to define Holisitic as treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms of the disease – now re-look at your pet food label and try to see how this applies!
Barley
known to have the same gluten protein in it as wheat!
Cereals
wheat, rye, barley, or oats,
Brown Rice
Brown rice and white rice have similar amounts of calories, carbohydrates, fat and protein. The difference between the two lies in processing and nutritional content. If the outermost layer of a grain of rice (the husk) is removed, the result is brown rice. If the husk and the bran layer underneath are removed, the result is white rice.
Pearl Rice
known to have a sticky texture when cooked
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