Purina Says By-Products are “Nutrient Rich”

Yes, most especially, the word “meal” added to a definition changes it entirely, and on that basis, I deem this video and the words of the speakers therein to be intentionally deceptive. Clearly, they expected that the consumer would be swept into the upbeat presentation, and that would slip right by. But I’d expect nothing less from Purina.

Yes, in a perfect World, by products are a valuable part of a carnivores diet, as these organs contain nutrients that cannot be gotten in muscle meat alone and a diet isn’t truly “complete” w/o them.. However, it depends on how they are processed and handled and how free of contaminents they are.
Even the feet of chicken when processed properly are a very good source of nutrients. I know Italians in this area make soup stock out of chicken feet.
I am so thankful that I have a butcher shop on a farm north of here that grinds up the innards of the cattle for the Mushers and people like me. I have him do a special mix for the cats and he charges me around $1 a pound. I use it as a supplement to the “complete and balanced” dry diet I feed. I buy the .35c a pound mix for the dogs..

Here’s a question that should be asked would you feed that food to your children I don’t think so what you want give your kids you should not give to your pets you are what you eat

Nothing PURINA says is true! PURINA is the worst food anyone can feed their pets. In fact after a two year study I did on Man Made Kibble I now feed my dogs a Raw Diet and I am so Very glad I switch my pack! They are in the best heal5, softest fur, clean white teeth and no skin problems and no ear problems.

Tests done by pet food companies and AAFCO are on a limited number of animals for a limited amount of time and may allow deaths or illnesses to be excluded, they are useless when compared with feeding millions of dogs for years. The best test of a product is the customers records, that is the ultimate test. The consumer records of the major companies are shameful.

Here’s some interesting marketing that came to me today via a distributor (it was a promo for a webinar about this food). I admit I haven’t looked into this food and it may well come from a responsible company, but when I see wording like this, my spidey senses start tingling:

..”Grain-free dog food sales (+19% year over year) are quickly outpacing sales of dog food that isn’t labeled grain-free (-7.6%). Layering in SPINS’ proprietary non-GMO labeling tells us even more: Grain-free dog food that is also labeled with a non-GMO ingredient or product claim saw a sales spike of 38.2% over last year!

Only SPINS can layer its unique and proprietary attributes over real sales data to help independent retailers discover and act on growth drivers in today’s marketplace.”….

What the H-E-double toothpicks is “proprietary non-GMO labeling’? A company can’t “own” the GMO designation.

Anyone have experience with this food/company?

What? Most of what is said in this article is completely false. The AAFCO literally has the definitions of animal by-product and poultry by-product meals and both very specifically state that hair, horns, feathers, beaks, hides, and manure cannot be included in these ingredients. AAFCO also says nothing about the definition of by-products changing if the species is specified. Here is the website: (https://talkspetfood.aafco.org/whatisinpetfood#rendered), but I’ll copy and paste the definitions anyway.

Animal Byproduct Meal: the rendered product from animal tissues, exclusive of any added hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices. It shall not contain extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. This ingredient definition is intended to cover those individual rendered animal tissues that cannot meet the criteria as set forth elsewhere in this section. This ingredient is not intended to be used to label a mixture of animal tissue products.
-This may consist of whole carcasses, but often includes byproducts in excess of what would normally be found in
meat meal and meat and bone meal.

Poultry By-Product Meal: consist of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P), and minimum and maximum Calcium (C). The Calcium (Ca) level shall not be more than 2.2 times the actual Phosphorus (P) level. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto.
-This ingredient is equivalent to poultry byproducts, except they are rendered so that most of the water and fat
has been removed to make a concentrated protein or mineral ingredient.

Meat Byproducts: the non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially de-fatted low temperature fatty tissue and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs. It shall be suitable for use in animal feed. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto.
-To put it another way, meat byproducts are most parts of an animal other than its muscle tissue—including the
internal organs and bones.
-Byproducts include some of parts that some Americans eat (such as livers, kidneys and tripe), but also parts
that they typically do not. Although the USDA does not deem certain byproducts, such as udders and lungs,
edible for human consumption, they can be perfectly safe and nutritious for other animals.
-As with meat, unless the byproducts are derived from cattle, pigs, sheep or goats, the species must be
identified.