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Article: Yes, we can! We have confidence in wet foods, despite the 2007 recalls.(consumer confidence on pet foods)
- Article from:
- Whole Dog Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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We like canned food for dogs. It s more expensive than dry, but good varieties of canned food are arguably healthier than comparable dry foods, due to the higher inclusion of animal proteins and the higher moisture levels. Both of these things are closer to the dog's evolutionary diet than dry diets that contain a lot of grain.
Some dog owners stopped buying wet dog food following the spring 2007 recalls of foods that contained melamine and/or cyanuric acid. Given the fear and lack of information in the early days of the recall, this made sense. Now, however, we know more about the factors that led to the recalls, and we feel more certain than ever that wet foods ...