Thank you very much
for visiting Mantis Pet Supply through our website! Your pet’s
health and nutrition is dependent on the food you give your pet.
We care as much about the ingredients in that food as you do.
The easiest way to judge the quality of a food is by looking at
the ingredients.
The truth about pet food is startling. The ingredients in a majority
of pet foods are not good for your pets. The ingredients in our
pet foods are not only healthy for your pet, but just as affordable
as commercial pet food.
The pet food industry was created in the 1930s, just before WWII.
The country had leftover grains that were rejected from the human
market. Companies began to make pet foods from these leftover
grains to minimize product waste.
But consumers began to realize that pets could not live off leftover
grains. The grains did not provide adequate nutrition for the
pets. The companies then introduced meat into the food. But the
meat was not USDA approved—it was (like the grains) leftover and
not human grade quality. This meat can be categorized by the “five
D’s”:
• DEAD
• DISEASED
• DYING
• DISABLED
• DRUGGED
Sadly, many companies are still making food for our pets
the same way! Many “grocery store” and commercial foods contain
corn, wheat, and soy—along with by-products and harmful preservatives.
Corn, wheat, and soy can all be grouped into the same category
because they are your basic cereal grains—and can be used to increase
the protein percentage on the guaranteed analysis. But they are
highly indigestible and cause strain on the kidneys and other
organs.
Corn, wheat, and soy are known common allergens. Corn is thought
to be the third most common allergen in dogs and cats. Often when
a problem arises with a pet, the veterinarian will recommend a
prescription diet that will help the problem at hand but will
not cure the underlying issue. But the best, and most simple,
solution is to feed your pets healthy and nutritious food.
Corn, wheat, and soy are usually listed in the ingredients as:
• Ground yellow corn
• Corn gluten meal
• Whole grain corn
• Ground whole wheat
• Ground whole grain sorghum
• Whole wheat flour
The #1 ingredient in your pet's diet should be meat—they are carnivores.
But animal by-products are commonly used instead. They are also
indigestible and used to raise the percentage of protein in the
guaranteed analysis.
When a pet food lists by-product in the ingredients, the following
items are usually what are being fed to your pets:
• Intestines
• Chicken heads
• Fish heads
• Animal heads
• Duck bills
• Chicken and turkey feet
• Hides
• Feathers
• Bones
By-products do not have to contain meat, but can contain diseased
and contaminated slaughterhouse meat and hair. If the ingredients
states “meat and bone meal,” this means that it can legally contain
dead pets and animals from road kill OR veterinary offices! The
animals may have been euthanized OR treated with antibiotics or
steroids. They could have died from all types of diseases, trauma,
or natural causes.
The harmful preservatives in commercial pet foods are equally
as scary. BHA, BHT (both can cause serious liver and kidney diseases),
and Ethoxyquin (which is a rubber stabilizer) are used to increase
shelf life for the product. They are known carcinogens and are
dangerous. These preservatives can increase the shelf life of
a food or treat for two years. The food may sit in a semi-truck
(or warehouse) for up to 18 months before being sold.
Commercial pet foods are often full of artificial colors and flavors,
sugar or corn syrup, animal fat, or animal digest. Do you really
want any of these in your pet’s food?
Our goal at Mantis Pet Supply is to give your pet(s) the best
nutrition possible. The words in the ingredient lists of the foods
we carry include:
• Chicken, Lamb, Beef.... Meal
• Deboned... chicken, Lamb, Beef, etc.
• Brown Rice
• Potato and Sweet potato
•Oatmeal
• Antioxidants
• Pre- and Probiotics
• Enzymes
The pet foods that Mantis Pet Supply carries are all
free of corn, wheat, soy, by-products, artificial preservatives,
and other harmful ingredients. Your pet’s health and nutrition
is our number one goal.
Thank you very much for visiting our website and we hope to see
you soon!!!
Sincerely,
Mantis Pet Supply
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