Pet Food Survey Gives Us Hopeful News – Truth about Pet Food

October 25, 2021 Kar-Bay-Inc 0 Comments

According to a new survey published by PetFoodIndustry.com, 17% of pet owners give their pet a fresh food, 9% give their pet a raw food.

Kibble was the most commonly fed style of pet food of those surveyed – at 81%, can was fed to pets by 50% of pet owners surveyed.

BUT…

The survey asked pet owners which style of pet food “they would buy if cost and availability were not a factor” and the numbers changed dramatically.

If cost was not a factor…

36% of pet owners would feed kibble,
21% of pet owners would feed can.

These amazing statistics are evidence that more and more pet owners are learning that feed is not food. And…if pet ‘food’ products were a little more affordable, most pet owners would leave feed on the store shelves.

Currently, human foods are much more affordable than pet foods. As example, this almost 12 ounce TV dinner is only $1.49 from Target.

Almost 12 ounces of human grade meat, vegetables and fruit for $1.49. The cost for 12 ounces of human grade meat, vegetables and fruit in a pet food would currently be dramatically more.

The obstacle in our way to more affordable human grade pet food is manufacturing. Human food manufacturing facilities are still extremely hesitant to manufacture a pet food. Most human food manufacturers have yet to grasp that a pet ‘food’ is no different than human food – its just formulated a little differently. Most human food manufacturers are stuck in the dark ages of feed, that pet ‘food’ is something lesser in quality than people food and they want nothing to do with it.

But…as the need increases (as shown by the PetFoodIndustry.com survey), the antiquated attitudes of human food manufacturers will change. Maybe sooner than we think.

Imagine if you could purchase frozen human grade meals for your dog or cat at every grocery. Imagine if the pet food meals were budget friendly – such as Banquet for cats and dogs. The $1.49 cost for twelve ounces of human food could be significantly less for a pet food when ingredients are combined (instead of four individually prepared food servings in one container).

What if more and more human food manufacturers started to produce human grade pet food meals for $1.00 a day to feed a 30 pound dog or $1.00 for two days to feed a cat? How many feed grade products would be left on store shelves then?

The change is happening. And all of us (pet owners) are forcing that change. We’ve waited a long time for it, but it’s finally beginning to happen.

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
TruthaboutPetFood.com
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