Ask an expert: Does my dog need chef-prepared food? | Thingtesting

What would you like to see more of in the pet space?

Brands like Butternut Box, Denzel’s and The Farmer’s Dog, all launched in the roughly the past decade, have been driving this change, creating chef-prepared menus using quality, human-grade ingredients, no additives and employing a lot of the trends we see in our own diets. Ketogenic, vegan, gluten free: all possibilities in this new world of dog f... See more

From a nutritional point of view, there isn’t really a difference. Chunk jelly foods that you see in pouches or cans are effectively sterilized, meaning these foods have a long shelf life – however, the down side is the temperature required to [do this] can result in the loss of some nutrients.

Brands in those spaces often make claims around health benefits which are completely unproven. If a brand is marketing food based on trends in human food chains, consumers should question whether it’s right, whether it’s relevant and, most importantly, whether it safely fulfils the nutritional needs of the pet