On the suggestion of a pet proprietor, I just lately took a better have a look at Full Moon pet meals. The label states this can be a human grade pet meals. It’s manufactured by Purdue Farms and sells on-line for about $7.50 a pound.
The pet meals web site states the meals is formulated as Full and Balanced per AAFCO Nutrient Profiles for Grownup Upkeep. And the web site discloses the Turkey Recipe accommodates 137.5 kcal per cup.
Coincidentally (or not), the Full Moon Rooster Recipe and the Beef Recipe accommodates the very same kcal per cup…137.5 kcal per cup.
This can be a cooked, bought frozen pet meals. The Assured Evaluation states the pet meals accommodates a minimal of 10% protein, a minimal of 8% fats, and a most moisture of 73%.
Once you have a look at the pet meals – as displayed on the Full Moon web site – it seems to be a bowl stuffed with items of meat with small chunks of greens.
The components of this pet meals convey some questions. Elements are (Turkey Recipe): “Turkey, Turkey Liver, Turkey Bone Broth, Spinach, Candy Potato, Broccoli, Blueberry, Cassava, Carrageenan, Vinegar, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Rosemary Extract, Dicalcium Phosphate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Vitamin E Complement, Manganese Proteinate, Vitamin D3 Complement, Potassium Iodide, Fish Oil.”
Why is Cassava and Carrageenan included on this pet meals? Each components are thickeners and generally utilized in excessive moisture pet meals (equivalent to canned pet meals).
In trying on the meals once more, the place are the dietary supplements? (Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Rosemary Extract, Dicalcium Phosphate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Vitamin E Complement, Manganese Proteinate, Vitamin D3 Complement, Potassium Iodide.) Are they added loosely within the pet meals or is what seems to be chunks of turkey really a fabricated/reconstituted meat and dietary supplements are included within the slurry?
Questions have been despatched to Full Moon – by way of their web site – asking if the meats within the pet meals are fabricated meats? We requested the corporate to elucidate how the dietary supplements have been included within the pet meals and if the meat ingredient was fabricated, have been the dietary supplements included within the pre-cooked slurry?
Full Moon didn’t reply to our questions.
Wikipedia describes a reconstituted meat as: “A reconstituted meat, meat slurry, or emulsified meat is a liquefied meat product that accommodates fewer fat, pigments and fewer myoglobin than unprocessed darkish meats. Meat slurry is extra malleable than darkish meats and eases the method of meat distribution as pipelines could also be used. Meat slurry shouldn’t be designed to promote for normal consumption; quite, it’s used as a meat complement in meals merchandise for people, equivalent to hen nuggets, and meals for home animals.“
We don’t know if the Full Moon pet meals is made with fabricated or reconstituted meat, however whether it is…ought to that be disclosed to pet homeowners?
Is it deceptive shoppers to painting a pet meals as chunks of cooked meat if the pet meals is definitely chunks of fabricated meat product made to look virtually an identical to cooked meat?
Ought to Full Moon Pet Meals present a response to our questions, they are going to be added to this publish when obtained.
Wishing you and your pet(s) one of the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
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