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Offline CarnivorousCritter

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Powdered Cellulose
« on: July 15, 2011, 07:23:21 PM »
Very common ingredient in the "mainstream" pet foods:


 "There are various forms of powdered cellulose available from trees like pine and beech to bamboo and cotton. By and large, the cellulose used in petfood applications is derived from pine trees. The ingredient starts its journey in the pulping mills, the same mills used to produce paper. The pulp is made into long continuous sheets and rolled just like paper stock going to the local newspaper. However, cellulose intended for food and feed is ground through specially-designed hammer mills, then sized to certain particle lengths in giant "ball-mills."  http://www.petfoodindustry.com/Columns/Ingredient_Issues/2376.html


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(And people wonder why we call it "sawdust"

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Re: Powdered Cellulose
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 07:26:27 PM »
This is a VERY COMMON ingredient in "light," "diet," etc foods.  It gives the dog the feeling of being full, so they eat less. 
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Re: Powdered Cellulose
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 08:10:08 PM »
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