Review on 🐶 Amazon Brand - High-Protein, Grain-Free Wag Dry Dog/Puppy Food with Beef, Salmon, Turkey, Lamb, Chicken by Lindsay Nguyen

Peas, pea protein, dried beet pulp? These are all fillers that provide no nutritional benefit to our mutts. Pea protein is not considered a healthy ingredient in dog food. It is a by-product of pea processing and is purely vegetable protein from peas. A relatively small amount of pea protein can be used to increase the overall protein content of a dog food, and is often one of the main culprits in a technique called ingredient separation. Grocery brands, including those that are considered high-end or premium. The idea is as follows. If you break an ingredient into multiple sub-ingredients, those sub-ingredients will appear further down the ingredients list. In recent years, consumers have been taught to look for the top 5 or 10 ingredients listed in dog food. This method gives the impression that low-quality or nutritious ingredients such as grains, vegetables or plant by-products are less common. However, in reality, if all of these additives were combined, they would most likely be at the top of the ingredients list. The separation of pea by-products is one of the most common examples of this technique. Quite often a dog food formula will contain peas, pea protein, and pea flour. This method allows the manufacturer to significantly underestimate or mislead the consumer as to the amount of peas present.