Imagine the future of food.
People shop for groceries at large outlets, filled with aisles of canned and boxed and bagged meals. Each meal shows a nutritional analysis, and most are certified “nutritionally complete” by a government agency. Long gone are the frozen and fresh food sections. Oh, they exist in a few pricey boutiques, but [...]
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The Future of Food
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, Life of the Lintee Bean, tagged AAFCO, cat food, FDA, food safety, obesity on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pet food labels – guaranteed analysis
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged AAFCO, cat food, FDA, guaranteed analysis, pet food labels on March 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Pet food labels differ from human food labels in several ways – one of which is instead of the “nutrition facts” on human food labels, pet food labels have a ”guaranteed analysis”. Why? Why do human food labels have “as fed” or average nutrient contents on their labels, whereas pet food labels have minimums and maximums? [...]
