Monday, February 11, 2008

What the Hell Is Dog Food Actually Made of?

I know that there is some kind of meat of meat or meat byproduct that they use as a precursor. But really, look at it. It no longer bears any relation to meat whatsoever. It is brown, I guess, but probably only because they dyed it to mask the horrific vomit color it would have been. Otherwise: it is hard and crunchy. Meat is not. It does not smell anything like meat. It smells like dog food, and nothing else. I can only imagine what it tastes like, but the fact that dogs are happy to eat it means nothing. Consider that a dog's mode of interaction with the world almost unfailingly follows this sequence:

1.) encounter object
2.) smell object
3.) attempt to eat object

Most importantly, dog food never goes bad. How is this possible? How have they extracted the parts of meat that are nourishing to dogs, but not nourishing to the myriad of bacteria and fungi in the air constantly looking for something to eat? How!? It defies all of the known laws of biology.

I dunno. I guess I should just be happy that I don't have to eat it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what's more disturbing is that some dog food is held to an even higher standard than human food, who doesn't want a shinier coat, stronger teeth and gums, firm evacuation, non-hormone or antibiotic fed cows, i mean it's the same grade as prison meat, and look at those guys, oxen, license plate making oxen...