Only when a dog eats well can he have a great body. In the face of all kinds of dog food on the market, shoveling officials have been dazzled.
Classification of dog food
Dog food is divided into several categories, shoveling excrement officer know? E doctor to tell you: dog food according to the production process, ingredients, efficacy is divided into 3 categories.
1 Classification by production process
(1) Puffed grain
Puffed dry food is the most common kind of dog food on the market. It is made of meat, fruits and vegetables, and cereals. Its characteristics are:
The production process is mature, the price is moderate, the taste is many, and the choice space is large.
(2) Freeze-dried food
Freeze-dried grain is generally made by mixing meat and fruits and vegetables, dehydrated by vacuum freezing and drying at low temperature. The production cost and raw material cost of freeze-dried grain are high, which belongs to the high-end dog food on the market, which is closest to the original food, and the nutrition retention is very comprehensive.
(3) Wet food
Wet food is also a kind of "dog food", in line with AAFCO nutrition standards, can meet the needs of dogs themselves. Common wet food on the market for the dog canned, wonderful fresh package, their characteristics are as follows:
Canned after heating sterilization, so no preservatives can also be stored for a long time.
(4) Semi-wet grain
There is also a rare semi-wet food on the market, which uses fresh fruits and vegetables and meat in a scientific and reasonable ratio. Their characteristics are as follows:
① taste fresh, no high temperature baking and puffing processing.
2 Classification by Composition
(1) No grain: the best choice for allergic constitution
Grain-free grains refer to dog foods that do not contain corn, wheat, rice and other grains, and replace grains with potatoes, peas, and sweet potatoes as raw materials to provide carbohydrates.
Advantages of grain-free foods: Some dogs cannot digest the gluten protein contained in grains and wheat, causing allergic reactions. For this type of dog, no grain is the best choice because of the lower risk.
Regarding grain-free pet food, Dr. E would like to help everyone correct the following misconceptions:
(2) Cost-effective choice: grain
Cereals refer to dog food that provides carbohydrates through grains as raw materials. The cost and price of grain raw materials are also lower, so the price of grain with grain is lower and more cost-effective than grain without grain.
3 Classification by Efficacy
(1) Common grain
Ordinary food is the daily food rations for dogs, no other special effects, corresponding to the prescription food.
(2) Prescription diet
prescription food is a dog sick outside the auxiliary dog food medication. The principle is to remove the substances that dogs can't touch according to different diseases, and then increase the substances that are conducive to the rehabilitation of dogs, so as to link the treatment with food with accurate nutrition ratio.
The following table is a common prescription food types and their efficacy, there is a need to shovel excrement officer can refer:
