So on my cat forum I hear a lot of people saying not to feed food with any sort of "meal" (chicken meal, lamb meal etc.) in it. Now I was pretty sure "meal" was just the meat being weighed after the water was removed not before. The people on the forum have said a few things:
1. meats that are "meal" can come from animals that have died in ways other than being slaughtered such as euthanized pets, animals that died from diseases etc.
2. Meal is not only meat but meat, bone and connective tissue...which is fine, BUT they cannot assure you of the ratio between the meat, bones and connective tissue so you could have very little actual meat but lots of bone and connective tissue instead.
Now I have never heard these claims before but I have heard that meal is "bad" before from many places, but here I have always been told it's just as good if not better than regular meat. I wish Mordy was still here to help but I hope some of you know what meal really is and can offer some proof so I can back up what I say. I don't believe there is anything wrong with it because it is in many of not all of the high quality foods (Innova, EVO, Canidae, California Natural-all have it) but I want to make sure I'm right before I start telling these people they are wrong
1. meats that are "meal" can come from animals that have died in ways other than being slaughtered such as euthanized pets, animals that died from diseases etc.
2. Meal is not only meat but meat, bone and connective tissue...which is fine, BUT they cannot assure you of the ratio between the meat, bones and connective tissue so you could have very little actual meat but lots of bone and connective tissue instead.
Now I have never heard these claims before but I have heard that meal is "bad" before from many places, but here I have always been told it's just as good if not better than regular meat. I wish Mordy was still here to help but I hope some of you know what meal really is and can offer some proof so I can back up what I say. I don't believe there is anything wrong with it because it is in many of not all of the high quality foods (Innova, EVO, Canidae, California Natural-all have it) but I want to make sure I'm right before I start telling these people they are wrong