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One thing that many commercial dog foods have listed as an ingredient is meat by-products. Now when I look for homemade dog food recipes, I do not see meat by-products listed. Why is that? In addition, to take it a step further, what the heck are meat by-products?

According to Wikipedia, “Meat by-products are ground and cleaned slaughtered meat carcass parts such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, bones, heads, and intestines (and a small amount of feathers in the case of chicken meat). The terms meat by-products or animal by-products are often used in reference to the ingredients included in commercial pet foods.” (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_by-product)

Ok, so now that you know what they are, that might explain why when you have a homemade dog food recipe you do not have meat by-products listed. Duh right. Who in their right mind would put those items in the dog food that you are going to feed your pet?

Well, many companies that make commercial dog food put in meat by-products (and other by-products) as filler. Filler is just as the name sounds; it fills up space in the food. It does not add any nutritional value (or very little value) to the food. Why do it? Well it should be obvious and that is to save money. Parts is parts and they do not cost much or nothing if the company is into getting the animals in the first place.

If you want to make sure that your dog lives a long and happy life, make sure that the ingredients that is in their food is of high quality. The quality of the food that you give your dog is a factor on the longevity and health of your pet.  When you use homemade dog food recipes, you provide the right ingredients and therefore contribute to having your pet live a happy and long live.

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