🔴Rachel Ray's Nutrish Chicken Recipe is a red flag food due to multiple questionable ingredients.
⚠️Ingredient splitting is a misleading marketing tactic used by some pet food brands.
🐶Dogs require species-appropriate ingredients in their food.
💁♀️Protein percentage in dog food should ideally be at least 27-28%.
🌽Brands may use alternative protein sources to lower costs, compromising the quality of the food.
What are the major red flag ingredients in Rachel Ray's Nutrish chicken recipe?
—The major red flag ingredients in Rachel Ray's Nutrish chicken recipe are soybean meal, corn, wheat, peas, and Sor gum.
What is ingredient splitting?
—Ingredient splitting is a misleading marketing tactic where brands break lower quality ingredients into sub-ingredients to make them appear lower on the ingredient list.
What are species-appropriate ingredients for dogs?
—Species-appropriate ingredients for dogs are whole meat, real meat sources, organ meat, real crushed bone or calcium sources, and some produce.
What is the ideal protein percentage in dog food?
—The ideal protein percentage in dog food is at least 27-28%.
Why do brands use alternative protein sources in dog food?
—Brands use alternative protein sources to lower their costs, especially in big corporate conglomerate-owned brands.
00:00Introduction and background of the nutritionist reviewing popular dog foods from Target.
02:40Discussion of the red flag ingredients in Rachel Ray's Nutrish chicken recipe.
06:40Explanation of ingredient splitting as a misleading marketing tactic used by some pet food brands.
12:00Importance of species-appropriate ingredients in dog food.
19:30Discussion of the ideal protein percentage in dog food and the impact of alternative protein sources.
