Dog Food Quality

In the packaging of dog food usually are writings that describe the content and the quality of the dog food. There is a marked premium or super premium. Some products on the market that is not well known yet read super premium dog food with well-known brands do not write the words premium or super premium on the packaging. To determine the quality of the dog food if quality grocery (regular), premium or super premium usually by looking at the raw materials used to make the dog food.

Grocery Quality.

Typically, a quality dog ​​food grocery will not write the word â € œ Groceryâ € ?? on the packaging. Grocery dog ​​food means the dog food with the usual quality that are sold in supermarkets or minimarket. Quality dog ​​food grocery mostly using the main ingredients of rice, cereals, corn, and soybeans. The raw material is taken from egg proteins, bone meal, animal blood, and byproducts (by-product) of other animals such as the intestine, liver, and other organ meats. The products on this quality usually still use chemical preservatives and chemical sensitive material.

Premium Quality.

Dog food with premium quality already on the main ingredients of the meat and its by-products (by-product) such as chicken, beef, poultry (birds, ducks, and other poultry), fish, eggs and so on. To the basic ingredients carbohydrates still using corn and soybeans in addition to rice. Dog food premium quality most have not use chemical flavorings substances. To replace the chemical flavoring substances commonly used flavorings from natural products such as dried cheese, egg powder and others. The content of vitamins and mineral nutrients is sufficient for a dog that is not required of other food additives. Preservatives are used usually wear animal fats, vitamin C and vitamin E. For in Indonesia, some dog food manufacturer or importer sets out the rules for selling this product only in a pet shop or veterinary clinic alone.

Super Premium Quality.

The materials used to make dog food in super premium quality typically using a food that has health and standardization of the same quality used by humans (human grade). Such as chicken meat is used only on the chest only (chicken breast) the fat content of at least. Byproducts such as bones, offal, blood, feathers, and so is no longer used in this product. Other ingredients that can trigger allergies such as corn and soybeans also are not used. For sources of carbohydrates taken from the ordinary white rice, brown rice, cereals (oat meal). Some use the raw materials holistic or organic, which means they are produced with no use of chemicals such as hormones or pesticides. There are also only uses fresh products such as meat are not frozen to maintain quality taste and nutritional content. Some brands of super premium quality dog ​​food are no preservatives, in lieu of preservatives used packaging (packing) are of high quality such as aluminum foil to keep the dog food's quality. While the super premium dog food is still wearing a preservative commonly use natural preservatives such as rosemarry Extract, animal fat, Esther vitamin C, and vitamin E.