Kibble Fed Dogs Produce 3 Times More Poop Than Human Grade Fed Dogs – Truth about Pet Food

Less waste in, less waste out.

Disclosure: This study is from a human grade pet food manufacturer, JustFoodforDogs.

Just published in the Journal of Animal Science, “Nutrient Digestibility and Fecal Characteristics, Microbiota, and Metabolites in Dogs Fed Human-Grade Foods” confirms what many pet owners (that give their pets human grade pet food) have witnessed in their own pets; real food (not feed) is more digestible.

From the abstract: “In conclusion, the HG (Human Grade) pet foods tested resulted in significantly reduced fecal output, were highly digestible, maintained fecal characteristics, serum chemistry, and hematology, and modified the fecal microbiota of dogs.”

The study included 12 dogs that were fed four different diets for 28 day cycles, one diet per 28 day cycle – all dogs participating in 4 cycles. The four diets were: Blue Buffalo Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe – kibble, feed grade, Freshpet Roasted Meals Tender Chicken Recipe – study considered this a “fresh” diet, feed grade, JustFoodforDogs Beef & Russet Potato Recipe – human grade ingredient cooked diet, and JustFoodforDogs Chicken & White Rice Recipe – human grade ingredient cooked diet. Among other things, the study measured fecal output (amount of poop produced) of the dogs on each diet.

“Dogs fed the extruded diet had greater (P<0.05) fecal output (as-is; DMB) than dogs fed fresh (1.5-1.7 times greater) or HG foods (2.0-2.9 times greater).”

Dogs fed the Blue Buffalo feed grade kibble diet produced 1.5 to 1.7 times more poop than dogs fed the Freshpet feed grade diet, and 2 to 2.9 times more poop than dogs fed JustFoodforDogs human grade ingredient pet food.

The abstract of the study can be read Here, and can be purchased for full view for $35.00 on the same page. (Information above is based only on the abstract.)

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

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