Sam's My Baby
03-08-2002, 01:40 PM
I found this report on the interenet:
>>> What's Really in Your Pet Food <<<
Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all
the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need.
These are the images pet food manufacturers promulgate through
the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year
U.S. pet food industry wants consumers to believe they are
buying when they purchase their products.
This report explores the differences between what consumers
think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It
focuses in very general terms on the most visible name brands -
the pet food labels that are mass-distributed to supermarkets
and discount stores - but there are many highly respected
brands that may be guilty of the same offenses.
What most consumers don't know is that the pet food industry is
an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet
food provides a market for slaughterhouse throw aways, grains
considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste
products to be turned into profit. This waste includes
intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and
cancerous animal parts.
Three of the five major pet food companies in the United States
are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo,
Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy
Train, Kibbles n Bits, Recipe, Vets), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's
Science Diet Pet Food). Other leading companies are Procter &
Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree,
Sheba), and Nutro. From a business standpoint, multinational
companies owning pet food manufacturing companies is an ideal
relationship. The multinationals have a captive market in which
to capitalize on their waste products, and the pet food
manufacturers have a reliable source from which to purchase
their bulk materials.
There are hundreds of different pet foods available in this
country. And while many of the foods on the market are virtually
the same, not all of the pet food manufacturing companies use
poor quality and potentially dangerous ingredients.
>>> What's Really in Your Pet Food <<<
Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all
the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need.
These are the images pet food manufacturers promulgate through
the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year
U.S. pet food industry wants consumers to believe they are
buying when they purchase their products.
This report explores the differences between what consumers
think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It
focuses in very general terms on the most visible name brands -
the pet food labels that are mass-distributed to supermarkets
and discount stores - but there are many highly respected
brands that may be guilty of the same offenses.
What most consumers don't know is that the pet food industry is
an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet
food provides a market for slaughterhouse throw aways, grains
considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste
products to be turned into profit. This waste includes
intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and
cancerous animal parts.
Three of the five major pet food companies in the United States
are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo,
Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy
Train, Kibbles n Bits, Recipe, Vets), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's
Science Diet Pet Food). Other leading companies are Procter &
Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree,
Sheba), and Nutro. From a business standpoint, multinational
companies owning pet food manufacturing companies is an ideal
relationship. The multinationals have a captive market in which
to capitalize on their waste products, and the pet food
manufacturers have a reliable source from which to purchase
their bulk materials.
There are hundreds of different pet foods available in this
country. And while many of the foods on the market are virtually
the same, not all of the pet food manufacturing companies use
poor quality and potentially dangerous ingredients.