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Cats => Cat Food And Nutrition => Discussion Of Brands And Ingredients => Topic started by: Shadow on July 30, 2013, 01:30:41 PM

Title: Why Alfalfa is not recommended in pet foods
Post by: Shadow on July 30, 2013, 01:30:41 PM
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/07/26/alfalfa.aspx?e_cid=20130726_PetsNL_art_1&utm_source=petnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20130726
Title: Re: Why Alfalfa is not recommended in pet foods
Post by: DeeDee on July 30, 2013, 07:09:45 PM
If more people knew about some of the problems of growing alfalfa, they'd look at it with a lot of skepticism when they go buying those sprouts for their salads.

That's one of those plants that white mold likes growing on.
Title: Re: Why Alfalfa is not recommended in pet foods
Post by: Lola on July 31, 2013, 04:11:12 AM
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If you’re feeding a lesser quality commercial pet food with alfalfa in the top half of the ingredient panel, my recommendation is to transition your pet to a better quality formula. Chances are the pet food manufacturer is using alfalfa as a cheap replacement for the meat-based protein your pet needs to be healthy. As I mentioned earlier, plant protein is an unsuitable primary source of protein for dogs and cats.

A replacement for meat protein... wow.