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A Look Into Cat Food
By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Audrey_Frederick/67165]Audrey Frederick
Food cat should eat and Did you ever think about your cat's food? You go to the grocery store to stock up on what you think your cat will eat during the week and for some strange reason you start reading the labels.
How can you be certain you are feeding your cat the proper diet?
Well, in this country, pet food has to be made to fulfill certain standards of diet. We have the Food and Drug administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture that regulate food processing and then we have the Association of Feed Control (AAFCO) which helps to control the nutritional parts of the food. Along with suggesting the nutritional profiles, AAFCO runs food trials to establish that certain foods do meet all nutritional requirements necessary to keep our cats healthy.
There now is cat food for every stage of a cat's life from kittenhood, adult cats, elderly cats and cats with certain health problems. There is cat food to help control hairballs, cat food to satisfy an indoor cat's need for a taste of the outdoors and food that tastes like a combinations of many things.
Cat food is processed in three different ways, dry, wet and semi-moist, all of which start out with many of the same ingredients, but are processed in different ways.
It is important to feed your cat food that it likes, so that it can absorb the nutrients necessary to lead a healthy life. Protein is one of the most essential ingredients in a cat's life. Cats need protein and find it very hard to digest carbohydrates. Ironically, a mouse is the most perfect food your cat can eat and cat food manufacturers try to balance their foods to fit the nutritional balance found in a mouse.
If your cat is like those that live in my house, you will find that what they will eat today does not necessarily mean they will eat it tomorrow. Actually in my household, what they will not it "now" if I give it to them 10 minutes later they will eat it like it was their favorite food.
Cats like variety, but they are also finicky eaters and I guess that goes back to the days when they were treated like royalty.
Here is a short list of some of the basic processing ingredients found in cat food:
Digest: an Enzymatic liquefaction of animal tissue used for flavor
Erythorbic acid: this prevents the heat during the process of canning from destroying the food's color
Guar gum, locust bean gum, corn starch-modified: thickening agents added to hold the food together
Propylene glycol, glycerin, and sorbitol: used to control water in semi-moist foods
Ascorbic acid: a natural preservative from vitamin C
BHA and BHT: artificial sources of preservatives and should be avoided
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