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Avoiding Artificial Flavors in Dog Food

May 10, 2011 by  
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In last week’s tip by canine nutrition expert Tracie Hotchner, she looked at artificial colors in dog food. Today Hotchner examines a similar topic: artificial flavors in your dog’s food.

Artificial flavors should not be necessary to entice a dog to eat if the basic ingredients are good quality. These chemical ingredients – along with artificial colors – can have long-term health consequences. The label will simply declare “artificial flavors.”

This Canine Nutrition Tip is from Tracie Hotchner, author of The Dog Bible and award-winning host of Dog Talk® on NPR station WLIU. Canine Nutrition Tips are sponsored by Proportions, the whole food custom nutrition program for your dog. Visit www.Proportions.com to get a custom 2-meal trial for your dog, or to learn more about canine nutrition from the full Canine Nutrition University classes written by Tracie.

Author photo courtesy www.traciehotchner.com; photo © Ling Li

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DogTipper publishers Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of full-time writers. The couple has authored over two dozen books and 2,500+ magazine articles.

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  • http://peggyfrezon.blogspot.com/ Peggy Frezon

    That’s for the helpful information on artificial flavors. I agree, it’s important to read those labels and see what is really in our dog’s food.

  • http:treversbiscuit.com L. D. Pegram Boyle

    I agree, artificial flavors are not good for our pets.I’m hooked on Halo Spot’s Stew. Biscuit loves the chicken,dry food. If we feed our pets good nutrition it will cut down on health problems.

  • http://frontlinefordogsfast.com/ Mike

    Mixing between artificial and natural food for dogs is good. Like two of my dogs, I often feed them with food from Walmart and then, I often buy something like breads, treats for them :)

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