Article and Recipe Contributed by Brenda Neidlinger

Article and Recipe contributed by Brenda Neidlinger

Commonly used fiber sources in pet food from The Dog Food Project. Check your greyhound’s dry food ingredient label, and see how many you can find! AAFCO is the Association of American Feed Control Officials. They are the governing board that determines what is and isn’t allowed to go in all animal foods. None of these ingredients are dangerous. It’s just interesting to see what fiber sources are used by pet food companies. Do you want to pay $60/bag for something that contains a bunch of peanut hulls? Just something to think about! Corn Bran AAFCO: The outer coating of the corn kernel.

An inexpensive source of fiber that serves as a filler ingredient to add bulk to poor quality pet food.

Corn AAFCO: A product obtained from the cell walls of corn. Cellulose Obtained by use of a chemical process, it is used to add bulk and consistency to cheap pet foods and has no nutritional value.

Peanut AAFCO: The outer hull of the peanut shell. Hulls No nutritional value whatsoever, and are used exclusively as a cheap filler ingredient. Possibility of pesticide residues being present.

Rice Hulls AAFCO: The outer covering of rice.

An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing, serving as a source of fiber that is considered a filler ingredient.

Soybean AAFCO: Composed of soybean hulls and such bean meats that Mill Run adhere to the hulls which results from normal milling operations in the production of dehulled soybean meal.

An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing, commonly referred to as 'floor sweepings'. Inexpensive filler with no real nutritional value.

Cellulose AAFCO: Purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant materials.

Dried wood is the most common source for cellulose (I'm not kidding.). It is cleaned, processed into a fine powder and used to add bulk and consistency to cheap pet foods.

Wheat Mill May also appear as "Wheat Middlings". Run AAFCO: Coarse and fine particles of wheat bran and fine particles of wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour and offal from the "tail of the mill".

An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing, commonly referred to as 'floor sweepings'. An inexpensive filler with no real nutritional value.

Source: http://www.dogfoodproject.com/

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A Super Easy Peanut Butter Dog Treat

Here’s an easy peanut butter dog treat recipe, and they can be made in a pinch since all 5 of these ingredients are ones that are usually on hand.

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour 1 TBSP baking powder 1 cup peanut butter (smooth only) 1 cup milk ½ cup oats

Directions:

Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees and lightly greasing a baking pan.

In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and oats. Once that’s mixed, add the peanut butter and milk. Stir together until a dough forms.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead it and then roll it out until it’s about a 1/4” thick. Break out your cute bone-shaped cookie cutters and cut the dough into the desired size and shape. Bake those on the lightly greased baking pan and cook for about 20 minutes or until they’re golden brown.

Once cool, let your favorite pup enjoy before storing them in an airtight jar (or reseal able freezer bag).