Dog Food Commercial Or Premium

Dog Food: Commercial Or Premium?


What is the difference between commercial and premium dog foods?

The difference between commercial dog food and high quality dog foods is quite extensive however, there are easy methods that we as dog owners can take advantage of to ensure that we offer the best possible diet to our faithful companions.

Commercial Dog Food
The commercial dog food market is heavily relied upon by wholesale and commercial stores as it is this type of product that contributes widely to the success of these consumer franchises.

For the production of a commercial dog food product, dog food manufacturers use a lower quality ingredient structure. This includes animal by product. Animal by products contain little nutrition and are thought of as fillers.

By doing this, the cost of production is low. The profit is high due to the public buying the product at a reduced price than that of the premium product. Most pet owners are not concerned with what the label on the bag reads. Many just buy their dog foods blindly and feel happy enough with what they are feeding their pet. Fillers (cheap additives) are included to make the food taste good.

Premium Dog Food
Premium dog food is exactly what it says it is. These are good, nutritious products that are safe to feed to your dog. They are good because they are:
- Products that are manufactured with your dog in mind instead of the dollar.
- Products that are properly nutritionally balanced.
- Products that contain high quality ingredients.
- Products that take due time to be created allowing for proper research to be conducted
- Extensive product testing, example, Taste trials.

Commercial dog food manufacturers gain from our ignorance! Would you as a parent feed your new baby a low quality formula, or would you go with the more expensive yet far superior brand? A good pet owner will opt for the latter every time! Knowing how important a healthy diet is to the present and future longevity of one’s dog makes the point for feeding premium dog food very well.

The below list is a simple guide containing things to consider the next time you go to purchase dog food for your dog:
- Commercial products are sold in commercial establishments such as grocery stores.
- Premium products are not sold in grocery stores.
- A lot of commercial products list whole meat of some kind as their first ingredient. This is misleading due to the measurement being taken before the meat is cooked, reducing it drastically.
- Premium products will not list whole meat as their first ingredient.
- A lot of premium products contain specific breed formulas best suited for your breed of dog.
- When buying a premium dog food, you will pay for what you get. In order to ensure a quality product money is spent to research, test and tinker with the product to create the finished product.

Premium dog food is worth it’s weight in gold to your dog!