The difference between animal grade products versus human grade products is incredible, simply based on the quality but also the fact that regulations still do not require that products including animal grade ingredients are open to the public and consumers.
Every parent of a pet only wants to care and love their four legged member of the family including their choice of food which is vital to their overall health. The bad news is that the majority of pet food companies use animal grade ingredients which is unclear to consumers since it is not required. So how do we let these pawrents understand what is really going on in the pet industry?
First, let's distinguish the two!
Human-grade: A finished product that incorporates all human-grade ingredients and is deemed safe and suitable for a human to consume.
Animal “feed” grade: A finished product that is unsuitable for a human to consume. A product deemed as animal-grade is only to be served to animals legally. These ingredients include by-products like fillers, chemicals and 4D-meats which are categorized as sick, diseased, deceased, dying or disabled. Also these ingredients, which are FDA approved and regulated can carry animal feces which consequently contains harmful parasites and bacteria.
Incredible Benefits of Feeding your Dog Fresh Human-Grade Dog Food!
Most commercial pet food brands are devoid of lots of nutritional value by the time the food hits your pet’s bowl. Sure, your furry friends can survive on traditional commercial dog food, just like people can technically “survive” eating junk food every day.
So, if you want to keep your pets healthy, it is the right time to buy fresh human-grade dog food from the best and most reputed kitchen like ours at McDoggy.
Whether it is used as a full meal or just a topper, fresh human-grade dog food provides a myriad of health benefits. Our food provides your furry friends with the nutrition they need to live their best life.
So, what are you waiting for? Check out our delicious meals to buy human-grade fresh dog food without burning a hole in your pocket.
5 great benefits of feeding the best human-grade dog food
- Includes Whole Foods
We already know what a nutritional-rich meal can do to us. Well, the same is true for our dogs! When including whole foods into your dog's diet, they get all of the essential nutrition that an ingredient has to offer. For example, human-grade dog food includes whole veggies, oats, and eggs rather than pea starch. This means that dogs are getting more protein content than what was being served via regular dog food. There's no need to clean out the healthiest nutrients in your dog's diet when they can eat whole foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Whole foods are less processed. Gently cooked dog food can preserve more natural vitamins and minerals in each ingredient, making it a highly nutritious diet overall.
- Simplicity At Its Best
Human-grade dog food is much more simple than other dog food and sometimes simple is best than the rest. Nutritional content revolves around 5 basic nutrients including; protein, fiber, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Fresh food ensures that these nutrients are met and there are no extra additives. The ingredient list of human-grade dog food is easy to read and understand.
Limited ingredient food is also a better option for dogs as it makes them less vulnerable to allergies or stomach sensitivities. This reason to justify this point is that fewer ingredients stand incapable to impact your dog's immune system.
- Better Doggy Digestion
With human-grade dog food, comes a 100% assurance that the food you are feeding to your furry friend is a healthy treat for your dog. Another key benefit of human-grade food is that it is easy to digest means fewer and smaller stools, and more importantly, making your dog healthy inside out.
Fresh food is more bioavailable and therefore easy to digest. This is mainly because it is lower in resistant fiber, higher in moisture, and the rest of the essential nutrients. Higher digestibility results in greater accessibility of nutrients and rate of absorption.
- Boosts Hydration
Kibble diets are extremely low in water (containing 8-15% moisture), which does nothing for hydration. Fresh food contains at least 50% moisture! The extra water is good for a number of reasons. It encourages weight loss, increases the feeling of fullness, helps regulate temperature, lubricates joints, and helps deliver nutrients.
The extra moisture can also help dogs stay clear of urinary and renal problems. Water helps to kick out solutes, bacteria, and other stone-forming compounds!
- Additive Free
Some pet food companies mislead pet parents by mixing their formula to stuff unnecessary ingredients to tweak their bottom line. Playing around a variety of ingredients like cornmeal for actual protein is not the best way to feed your pooch. Protein is the first ingredient on the list and with human-grade healthy food, it is bound to not go amiss. No fillers, no food coloring, artificial flavors, or other unnecessary ingredients are going to be a part of this dog food!
The Bottom Line
Pet food is the heart and soul of your dog's health and a key to a healthier living route. This is the main reason why health-conscious dog parents do a lot of research and want to find the best one to keep up the health and overall well-being of their pooch. Nutrition and diet should be tailored to meet every specific need of your fur baby. However, human-grade dog food has many essential benefits, whether it is used as a full-day meal or pastime topper. Lastly, giving you a sense of satisfaction that your dog is eating healthy and fresh food.
Cost and Value of Fresh Food
When you buy your choice of dog food, the cost really equates to the level of quality you’re buying. When you buy a bag of kibble, you will notice fresh and appetizing produce from protein to vegetables; yet, it would not be as low of a cost if it truly was. Here are some reasons why fresh food differs in price to “cheaper” options of kibble, which will not support your pet's health and longevity as well as you would think or hope.
- Health and Safety
McDggy is a completely different food than kibble or “premium-kibble”. Kibble follows the AAFCO guidelines which include meat and carcasses that are from an either dead, diseased, dying, or disabled animal, with that being said a portion of the produce is rejected for human consumption, meaning it is ILLEGAL for a human to eat, and then processed into animal feed. On the other hand, TukkaMate’s fresh food and ingredients are 100% USDA, human grade, vet formulated, and made in an USDA-inspected human grade facility.
The production of pet food, like kibble, is held to an extremely low standard of both quality and safety. The ingredients are processed with fillers, meal, and at a temperature that is known to produce carcinogens.
- No meals, preservatives, or unnecessary ingredients
Have you ever seen the ingredient “meal” in your pup's food or some ingredients that are not only unrecognizable but you can’t pronounce? This ingredient is composed of parts of an animal, whether that be chicken, pork, or beef, including the residual meat, offal, connective tissues, and bone that is not for the consumption of humans. Meal is also made in a process called rendering which is when it is cooked at an extremely high temperature that is known to produce carcinogens and “sanitize” the meat from deadly bacteria.
At McDoggy, we do not have any “meal” ingredients, any preservatives to keep the food from going off, or ingredients that your pup doesn’t need. Unlike other fresh food companies, we don’t add macaroni or rice as an added carbohydrate because it is not the proper nutrient your pet needs or can absorb. We cook weekly and freshly freeze so that all the nutrients stay in tact so that your doggy can receive their benefits and enjoy fresh food.
- Ratio of protein to vegetables and other ingredients
Unlike other fresh and dry pet food companies, McDoggy's ratio of protein to other ingredients is at a high percentage of 75%. We don’t believe in adding unnecessary ingredients, like water sufficient for processing, meal, and fillers, because it is not what your Mate needs to support their overall health and longevity.
Next time when you go to buy a new brand of dog food, think about what you are really buying instead of what the packaging looks like, mainly for kibble brands that show fresh produce, but really it is just brown rendered meal. Support fresh today! @McDoggy
