Whats wrong with commercial dog food?
The intense heat used to process commercial dog food destroys and reduces nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. Dog food manufacturers must supplement the food after heat processing to replace those nutrients. Natural, raw and homemade dog food feeders believe that supplements have reduced nutritional value compared to the same nutrients in raw dog food and that possible nutrients not yet recognized as essential by nutritional science cannot be replaced.
Commercial dog food, dry food in particular, often contains a large amount of grains, which can cause ill health in dogs since dogs lack the necessary enzymes to digest grains.
Commercial dog food recalls are not always well publicised, and it can be difficult to determine if your dog’s precise dog food brand or dog food variety has been affected. Homemade dog food will only be subject to human food recalls since all food is fit for human consumption and these recalls are always much better publicized.
Commercial dog food often contains preservatives, artificial colorings and other potentially detrimental additives.