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Surely you do not work at Purina.

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JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> Surely you do not work at Purina I happen to know a handful of people who started pet food companies, albeit boutique ones. (California.) They all taste their pet foods. I've tried some of the treat biscuits, and they aren't half bad, though I wouldn't necessarily reach for them. I'm not an expert on cat or dog digestion. But I think anything they can eat, humans can, too. (Just not the other way.)
- jedberg 5y ago
  Growing up in California, one thing we were taught as kids is that pet food is safe for human consumption, and can be used for food after an earthquake as emergency rations. It won't taste good, but it will prevent starvation!
  - a1369209993 5y ago
    > pet food is safe for human consumption This is false in general, and dangerously misleading at best. In particular, some dog foods contain ingredients (bone meal IIRC, but don't rely on that) that can pretty much destroy a human's intestines (which are much less hardy than most animals's because coevolution with cooked food allowed cost-cutting). Pet food sold in California might (might) be required to be safe, but that's dangerously unreliable at best.
    - jedberg 5y ago
      Not sure why you say that. The FDA regulates pet food the same way as human food: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-food-feeds/pet-food https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-food-feeds/pet-...
    - Dylan16807 5y ago
      Well, when I search human consumption of bone meal I get results saying it might be good or might be bad. There's a risk of intestinal blockage but that takes a whole lot and would happen in dogs too. Searching is not suggesting any other particularly dangerous ingredients, other than to say it's not great long term. But on a level like "be careful not to get scurvy", not "will destroy your intestines". And that you should watch out for bad storage and still probably avoid raw meat.
- paulryanrogers 5y ago
  I heard it the other way around. Dogs in particular can eat things that might kill a human.
  - not2b 5y ago
    Chocolate is poisonous for dogs and cats, and an amount that would be harmless to you will kill a dog if not promptly treated.
kerblang 5y ago
If I work for purina then my _dog's_ gonna eat that dog food, by golly. And maybe I'll at least give it a sniff. Speaking of the devil, I had to carry somebody's stray dog home (again) when I was on my jog this morning, and man that was a fat dog! Dunno what he eats, felt like krispy kreme and quarter pounders. Maybe I oughta start me a dog food company. Too many fat dogs in this danged town.

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> Surely you do not work at Purina I happen to know a handful of people who started pet food companies, albeit boutique ones. (California.) They all taste their pet foods. I've tried some of the treat biscuits, and they aren't half bad, though I wouldn't necessarily reach for them. I'm not an expert on cat or dog digestion. But I think anything they can eat, humans can, too. (Just not the other way.)

jedberg 5y ago
Growing up in California, one thing we were taught as kids is that pet food is safe for human consumption, and can be used for food after an earthquake as emergency rations. It won't taste good, but it will prevent starvation!
- a1369209993 5y ago
  > pet food is safe for human consumption This is false in general, and dangerously misleading at best. In particular, some dog foods contain ingredients (bone meal IIRC, but don't rely on that) that can pretty much destroy a human's intestines (which are much less hardy than most animals's because coevolution with cooked food allowed cost-cutting). Pet food sold in California might (might) be required to be safe, but that's dangerously unreliable at best.
  - jedberg 5y ago
    Not sure why you say that. The FDA regulates pet food the same way as human food: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-food-feeds/pet-food https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-food-feeds/pet-...
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    Well, when I search human consumption of bone meal I get results saying it might be good or might be bad. There's a risk of intestinal blockage but that takes a whole lot and would happen in dogs too. Searching is not suggesting any other particularly dangerous ingredients, other than to say it's not great long term. But on a level like "be careful not to get scurvy", not "will destroy your intestines". And that you should watch out for bad storage and still probably avoid raw meat.
paulryanrogers 5y ago
I heard it the other way around. Dogs in particular can eat things that might kill a human.
- not2b 5y ago
  Chocolate is poisonous for dogs and cats, and an amount that would be harmless to you will kill a dog if not promptly treated.

kerblang 5y ago

If I work for purina then my _dog's_ gonna eat that dog food, by golly. And maybe I'll at least give it a sniff. Speaking of the devil, I had to carry somebody's stray dog home (again) when I was on my jog this morning, and man that was a fat dog! Dunno what he eats, felt like krispy kreme and quarter pounders. Maybe I oughta start me a dog food company. Too many fat dogs in this danged town.