Pet Food Basics

Question 1

What information is required to be on a pet food label?

Answer 1

Weight, cat food/dog food (type), name and address of manufacturer, guaranteed analysis, ingredients, nutritional adequately statement, feeding guidelines

Question 2

95% of the total weight.

Answer 2

Beef

Question 3

25% of the total weight.

Answer 3

Beef dinner

Question 4

3% of total weight of ingredients.

Answer 4

“With beef”

Answer 5

Beef flavor

Question 6

What is required in the guaranteed analysis?

Answer 6

Min. % of crude protein and crude fat and max % of fiber and moisture and the “ash” minerals

Question 7

The higher on the list of the ingredient….

Answer 7

The more predominance of weight in the food prior to processing

Question 8

The ingredient statement does not….

Answer 8

Include any quality info about the ingredients

Question 9

Clean parts other than meat that are typically used in human food.

Answer 9

By products

Question 10

Two parts of a nutritional adequacy statement.

Answer 10

Formulation method and feeding trial

Question 11

The “gold standard” of nutritional adequacy statement.

Answer 11

Feeding trial

Question 12

Must include kcals.

Answer 12

Feeding guidelines.

Question 13

Is only a STARTING POINT for buyers.

Answer 13

Feeding guidelines

Question 14

Just means it came from an animal or plant.

Answer 14

Natural

Question 15

AAFCO has not defined….

Answer 15

Organic

Question 16

Generally song as off brands or generic food.

Answer 16

“All purpose diet”

Question 17

Marked under the idea that the food will meet the needs of any lifestyle or point in the animals life.

Answer 17

“All purpose diet”

Question 18

Often found in veterinary hospitals for special nutritional needs.

Answer 18

Special purpose food.

Question 19

Preferred over plastic.

Answer 19

Stainless or stoneware

Question 20

Dry matter basis calculation.

Answer 20

Reported amt of nutrient/total amount of dry matter x100

Question 21

Tends to have lower protein, fat and minerals.

Answer 21

Dry foods.

Question 22

Cons in dry foods.

Answer 22

Takes out nutrients, lower in digestibility, processing

Question 23

Types of food.

Answer 23

Dry food, semi-moist food, wet food

Question 24

Tends to leads to obesity due to being high in corn starch.

Answer 24

Semi-moist food

Question 25

Examples of healthy treats.

Answer 25

Carrots, broccoli, lean meat, canned pumpkin

Question 26

Used to correct a nutritional deficiency.

Answer 26

Supplements

Question 27

AAFCO

Answer 27

American association of feed control officials