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Posted by Noofies on 3/27/2008, 2:41 am, in reply to "Another cat food question - is rice better for them than corn?...msg"
it's less allergenic than corn. They don't need grains, they don't digest grains completely, and he protein in grains (including rice) aren't as bioavailable to cats and dogs as meat proteins. (This is true of cats especially - dogs are omnivores but cats are obligate carnivores and Nature designed their bodies to process meat, not plant matter.) But manufacturers can't make a dry food without at least 60% dry ingredients or it'll plug up the extruder. Corn gluten meal is added to cat food as a source of protein - studies have shown that it's nowhere near as digestible as meat meal, chicken meal, or fish meal, and that it actually depletes the blood concentration of taurine so the food mfrs have to add extra taurine to compensate. But though there is some protein in ground corn and in rice (in any form), it's usually just in there for fiber. Powdered cellulose and beet pulp are also just in the food for fiber.
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