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Blue food?
www.bluebuff.com
Has anyone tried this food? Just saw it appear at the local pet food stores, and it sounds like a decent food. I'm awaiting a reply from the company with a detailed nutrient analysis, but in the meantime.. Jon |
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From: "Jon C"
When I emailed Blue, I immediately got an email asking for my address. They're sending me, via actual mail, a complete nutritional breakdown of all of their foods. I like that, and I'll post the info when it comes in. Maybe they'll even send you some samples When I contacted Nature's Variety for a friend, they sent me a 10 pound bag of their food as a sample. I thought that was nice, considering a lot of the pet food companies will only send small samples. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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Laura R. wrote:
circa Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:10:26 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, ~*Connie*~ ) said, awful lot of non meat products in there.. Ingredients must, by law, be listed in decreasing proportional order. That means that the first few ingredients in the list are typically the bulk of the ingredients, and the fact that this food has 34% protein minimum for the adult food would indicate that the assumption that there are an "awful lot of non meat products in there" is not a rational conclusion to draw. Laura Assuming the ingredients listed actually are in decreasing proportional order is a big mistake. The first ingredient listed is "deboned chicken" which is chicken with the moisture content. Remove the moisture, which can be as much as 70% of the weight of the chicken and that ingredient falls to a lower level on the ingredients list. The second ingredient being chicken meal, which is chicken without the moisture, will stay at the same level. It is very rational for the simple reason the poster was not speaking in terms of weight, but rather the number of non meat product ingredients which has nothing to do with weight. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
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Laura R. wrote:
circa Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:10:26 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, ~*Connie*~ ) said, awful lot of non meat products in there.. Ingredients must, by law, be listed in decreasing proportional order. That means that the first few ingredients in the list are typically the bulk of the ingredients, and the fact that this food has 34% protein minimum for the adult food would indicate that the assumption that there are an "awful lot of non meat products in there" is not a rational conclusion to draw. Laura Assuming the ingredients listed actually are in decreasing proportional order is a big mistake. The first ingredient listed is "deboned chicken" which is chicken with the moisture content. Remove the moisture, which can be as much as 70% of the weight of the chicken and that ingredient falls to a lower level on the ingredients list. The second ingredient being chicken meal, which is chicken without the moisture, will stay at the same level. It is very rational for the simple reason the poster was not speaking in terms of weight, but rather the number of non meat product ingredients which has nothing to do with weight. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
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From: Laura R.
Ingredients must, by law, be listed in decreasing proportional order. That means that the first few ingredients in the list are typically the bulk of the ingredients, and the fact that this food has 34% protein minimum for the adult food would indicate that the assumption that there are an "awful lot of non meat products in there" is not a rational conclusion to draw. No, the ingredients are listed in decreasing order by their WEIGHT! The ingredients that WEIGH THE MOST are listed at the top of the ingredient list. What you posted above was absolute bunk. Check AAFCO regulations or Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Vol. IV if you don't believe me. |
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From: Laura R.
Ingredients must, by law, be listed in decreasing proportional order. That means that the first few ingredients in the list are typically the bulk of the ingredients, and the fact that this food has 34% protein minimum for the adult food would indicate that the assumption that there are an "awful lot of non meat products in there" is not a rational conclusion to draw. No, the ingredients are listed in decreasing order by their WEIGHT! The ingredients that WEIGH THE MOST are listed at the top of the ingredient list. What you posted above was absolute bunk. Check AAFCO regulations or Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Vol. IV if you don't believe me. |
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From: Laura R.
circa Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:57 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Joe Canuck ) said, Assuming the ingredients listed actually are in decreasing proportional order is a big mistake. No, it isn't. It's the law. *DRY* weight isn't the law, but proportional order *is*. Laura, Joe is right and you are completely and utterly WRONG. Let me quote directly from Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Vol. IV........pg. 153: "Pet Foods sold in the United States must list each ingredient of the food in the ingredient statement. Ingredients are listed in descending order by their predominance by weight according to the product's formula." "The listof ingredients may be helpful, although it has some shortcomings that limit its usefulness for evaluating pet foods. The nutritive value of ingredients cannot be identified from the ingredient statement." "Manufacturers can also misrepresent the ingredient content of pet foods. A pet food that lists several different forms of the same ingredient (e.g., wheat germ meal, wheat middlings, wheat bran, wheat flour) make wheat-based ingredients appear to be a lower portion of the food than is the fact. Because ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, this also allows dry ingredients to appear lower on the list than ingredients that are naturally high in moisture." "This same principle is used in dry pet foods where "fresh" meats are highlighted. The ingredient list may look like this for a lamb and rice dog food that claims to provide "real lamb meat": lamb, brewers rice, ground yellow corn, corn gluten meal, oat groats, poultry by-product meal, beef tallow....Lamb appears first on the ingredient list because its moisture content is higher than that of the other dry ingredients. The predominant portion of the food contains a mixture of grains (rice, corn, oats) rather than "real meat"." I'll be waiting for you to admit your error. |
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From: Laura R.
circa Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:57 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Joe Canuck ) said, Assuming the ingredients listed actually are in decreasing proportional order is a big mistake. No, it isn't. It's the law. *DRY* weight isn't the law, but proportional order *is*. Laura, Joe is right and you are completely and utterly WRONG. Let me quote directly from Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Vol. IV........pg. 153: "Pet Foods sold in the United States must list each ingredient of the food in the ingredient statement. Ingredients are listed in descending order by their predominance by weight according to the product's formula." "The listof ingredients may be helpful, although it has some shortcomings that limit its usefulness for evaluating pet foods. The nutritive value of ingredients cannot be identified from the ingredient statement." "Manufacturers can also misrepresent the ingredient content of pet foods. A pet food that lists several different forms of the same ingredient (e.g., wheat germ meal, wheat middlings, wheat bran, wheat flour) make wheat-based ingredients appear to be a lower portion of the food than is the fact. Because ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, this also allows dry ingredients to appear lower on the list than ingredients that are naturally high in moisture." "This same principle is used in dry pet foods where "fresh" meats are highlighted. The ingredient list may look like this for a lamb and rice dog food that claims to provide "real lamb meat": lamb, brewers rice, ground yellow corn, corn gluten meal, oat groats, poultry by-product meal, beef tallow....Lamb appears first on the ingredient list because its moisture content is higher than that of the other dry ingredients. The predominant portion of the food contains a mixture of grains (rice, corn, oats) rather than "real meat"." I'll be waiting for you to admit your error. |
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