Should you make your own pet food at home?
...cooking for their human family. Whereas all commercial pet foods must legally meet or exceed certain amounts of nutrients to be marketed as “complete and balanced foods”, studies have shown...
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What Nutritionists Wish You Knew: 5 Homecooked Diet Mistakes & Misconceptions
...homemade food that needs to be fed each day. Most commercial dry foods are between 300-400 calories (kcal) per cup. Most home-cooked foods are much lower because of their higher...
What are these numbers? Nutrition Math 101
...can). Unless you weigh your pet’s food, kilocalories per kilogram (or kcal, which is the same as 1 Calorie just like human foods) isn’t very helpful. Knowing the kcal per...
Fiber Frustrations
...difficult to compare the amounts of each type of fiber or even the total fiber between commercial pet foods. The fiber amount listed on the pet food label in the...
Whisker worry: Are cats’ whiskers a key to their eating pleasure?
...from or pushed out of the dish. The next week, owners followed the same protocol but fed the cat from the whisker-friendly dish. Finally, owners offered food in both food...
Grain-Free Diets – Big on marketing, Small on truth
...very efficient (>90%) at digesting and utilizing nutrients from grains in amounts typically found in pet foods. While food allergies in pets are uncommon, allergies to grains are even rarer....
Carb Confusion: Part 2 – Measuring and Comparing Carbohydrate in Pet Foods
...the most frustrating aspect of carbohydrate in pet food – trying to figure out how much is actually in a specific food! You may have noticed that while protein, fat,...
Top Five Nutrition Mistakes Pet Owners Make
Mistake #1: Not feeding a complete and balanced food. Every food (but not treats) should have a nutritional adequacy statement from the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) [often...
Carb Confusion Part 1: The Role of Carbohydrate in Pet Foods
...likely because dry foods are more calorie-dense than canned foods and are often fed free-choice. Unlimited amounts of high calorie, palatable foods will lead to weight gain in the majority...
What’s in a name? What is a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist and why does it matter?
We know that many pet owners are desperate for accurate, trustworthy information about how to feed their pets, whether they’re healthy or if they have a medical condition. But we...