10 Facts About Pet food

Mars is the leading company in the pet food industry, making about $17 billion annually in pet-care products.

Cats are obligate carnivores, though most commercial cat Pet food contains both animal and plant material supplemented with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.

Cat Pet food is formulated to address the specific nutritional requirements of cats, in particular containing the amino acid taurine, as cats cannot thrive on taurine-deficient Pet food.

People who feed their dogs raw food do so for a multitude of reasons, including but not limited to: culture, beliefs surrounding health, nutrition and what is perceived to be more natural for their pets.

The raw Pet food movement has occurred in parallel to the change in human Pet food trends for more natural and organic products.

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AAFCO requires that all pet food products sold in the United States have labels that contain eight components:.

The "similar" Pet food must be of the same processing type; contain the same moisture content; bear a statement of nutritional adequacy for the same or less demanding life stage as the lead product; contain a dry matter, metabolizable energy content within 7.

The label statement on the similar Pet food can be the same as the lead product if the ME is substantiated by the 10-day ME feeding study.

All ingredients used for pet food have to be fit for human consumption according to EU requirements.

Dog and cat Pet food, sold by retailers across the United States over the internet, were being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration for the possibility that fatal levels of aflatoxins were present in the Pet food.