I was wondering about Peanut Hulls, Ethoxyquin, BHT & BHA which have gone missing and wondering if anyone's heard anything about shortages?
Here's what my dog was "prescribed" a few years ago: Hills Pet Nutrition Hills Prescription W/D
Date of last review
Mon January 29, 2007
www.dogfoodanalysis.com Ground Whole Grain Corn, Powdered Cellulose,
Peanut Hulls, Chicken by-product Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Meal, Soybean Mill Run, Dried Egg Product, Soybean Oil, Corn Gluten Meal, Iron Oxide, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Potassium Chloride, preserved with
BHT, BHA and Ethoxyquin, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Taurine, DL-Methionine, L-Tryptophan, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene.
Now here's a new version:
http://www.hillspet.com/products/pd-canine-wd-canine-low-fat-diabetic-gastrointestinal-dry.htmlPrescription Diet®
w/d® Canine Low Fat-Diabetic-Gastrointestinal
Whole Grain Corn, Powdered Cellulose, Chicken by-product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Mill Run, Soybean Oil, Dried Beet Pulp, Lactic Acid, Soybean Meal, Caramel Color, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Flaxseed, L-Lysine, Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Iodized Salt, L-Tryptophan, L-Carnitine, L-Threonine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Question 1)
Are the Peanut farmers having weather or other issues lately? (I'm serious.) Where are the peanut hulls? They were probably the only things on there a human would find remotely enticing because maybe there's a
chance they were grown in Altanta or somewhere else not in China.
2) Why no trumpeting on being Ethoxyquin/BHT & BHA-Free now? You'd think that would be a major marketing factor, appealing to everyone who knows they are banned in human foods in many countries for a reason!
Oh wait.
That's right. All those people with pets either having succumbed to or suffering from Cancer would see it too!!
But I'm still wondering what's up with the peanut shortage.
Oh well, at least the Powered Cellulose is still there, as many will be chucking their Christmas trees this week!