One of the most discussed topics within the pet food industry is whether fresh chicken or chicken meal is a better ingredient. The truth is that both are chicken - plain and simple. The difference is in how much chicken is contained within a given weight.
Let's say you have 1o pounds of either chicken or chicken meal. 10 lbs of chicken equates to about 7 lbs water & 3 lbs actual chicken. That's right, if a pet food label says chicken as the first ingredient, it is important to realize that 70% of the weight of that chicken is water.
Chicken meal, however, is a denser form of weight. Let's look at the same 10lbs. Instead of 70% water and 30% actual chicken meat, chicken meal would contain about 90% chicken meat and 10% water.
So ultimately which is better? The answer is that both are still chicken but the meal ingredient has a more concentrated amount of chicken meat as compared to the water.
Chicken Fat and Allergies
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