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ADDITIVES IN PROCESSED PET FOODS
• Anticaking agents
• Antimicrobial agents
• Antioxidants The Dog Food Report 7
• Coloring agents
The Dog Food Report • Curing agents
• Drying agents
• Emulsifiers
• Firming agents
• Flavor enhancers
• Flavoring agents
• Flour treating agents
• Formulation aids
• Humectants
• Leavening agents
• Lubricants
• Nonnutritive sweeteners
• Nutritive sweeteners
• Oxidizing and reducing agents
• pH control agents
• Processing aids
• Sequestrants
• Solvents, vehicles
• Stabilizers, thickeners
• Surface active agents
• Surface finishing agents
• Synergists
• Texturizers
While the law requires studies of direct toxicity of these additives and preservatives, they have not been tested for their potential synergistic effects on each other once ingested. Some authors have suggested that dangerous interactions occur among some of the common synthetic preservatives. Natural preservatives do not provide as long a shelf life as chemical preservatives, but they are safe.
HOW PET FOOD IS MADE
Although feeding trials are no longer required for a food to meet the requirements for labeling a food "complete and balanced," most manufacturers perform palatability studies when developing a new pet food. One set of animals is fed a new food while a "control" group is fed a current formula. The total volume eaten is used as a gauge for the palatability of the food. The larger and more reputable
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