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Offline Lola

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Ethoxyquin - Perservative
« on: January 04, 2012, 11:09:17 AM »
Many pet food mfg. have removed Ethoxyquin from their foods, but...

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Unfortunately, ethoxyquin is still being used in many pet foods currently available on the market. It is used to preserve the fat in almost all fish meals – fat that is made from waste products.

Always remember that if the label doesn't list exact ingredients, including the exact meat source, you have absolutely no idea what's in that food. And because ethoxyquin is added before the raw ingredients are shipped to the pet food manufacturers, it doesn't get listed or disclosed on the product label.

The pet food company you purchase your cat's or dog's food from may not be adding ethoxyquin, but that doesn't mean it isn't in the fish meal in that food.

Don't make the mistake of assuming if the fish meal product label doesn't list ethoxyquin, it's not in there. Unless the label specifically states the formula is ethoxyquin-free, or you call the manufacturer's 1-800 number and are told it's not in the raw materials they purchase nor added during their own manufacturing process, you should assume the formula contains ethoxyquin.

Fish meal also happens to be one of the main pet food ingredients also contaminated with mycotoxins.

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/01/03/fish-as-a-protein-source.aspx
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Re: Ethoxyquin - Perservative
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 11:25:30 AM »
Probably gonna have to go to a verrrrrrrry small private company to be assured foods without it anyway.  The bigger ones, where do they get their stuff? From waste which can't be used eslewhere ( it would end up in a landfill if there wasn't pet food to put it in).
They aren't gonna be honest about it anyway, IMO.

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Re: Ethoxyquin - Perservative
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 11:35:06 AM »
"Fish Meal" seems to be the keywords.  No fish meal, smaller chance of ethoxquin being in a food.
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Re: Ethoxyquin - Perservative
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2012, 11:35:53 AM »
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Ethoxyquin is not only used as a preservative in dog foods but… are you ready for this… it’s also used as a pesticide… and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of rubber.

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Anyway, I don’t know about you, but if ethoxyquin isn’t safe for my kids, then it’s not safe for my dog either.

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/red-flag-ingredients/ethoxyquin-dangerous-dog-food-additive/
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