Rad Cat

[Lukedown]

Has anyone ever given their cats Rad Cat Raw Food?

[Bonkers]

   Never tried this one but mine could not eat it because he is sensitive to kelp. The the one thing I did notice is that they use bone meal instead of ground up bones in their foods. Seems like a decent diet for cats and the fact that they have a lamb formula as a novel protein source may be a good option for kitties who are allergic to poultry.

[Perseus]

The Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) is ready to release the results of their independent testing on 10 brands of dog food this month, but preliminary results are in and they are stating:  avoid any pet food containing bone meal.  The EWG has found dangerous levels of fluoride in 8 of the 10 products tested.  Several forums have already been emailed the prelim's by EWG:

http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/skip-the-bone-meal-when-it-comes-to-pet-food/

Full results of the EWG testing will be released shortly, and I'll post as soon as I get the email alert.

[GreyGhost]

Wow. I would not have been too concerned about bone meal but I am now. Misty's raw has ground real bone but when asked about bone meal I never worried about it.

Thanks for the heads up and the post & link

[Bonkers]

The Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) is ready to release the results of their independent testing on 10 brands of dog food this month, but preliminary results are in and they are stating:  avoid any pet food containing bone meal.  The EWG has found dangerous levels of fluoride in 8 of the 10 products tested.  Several forums have already been emailed the prelim's by EWG:

http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/skip-the-bone-meal-when-it-comes-to-pet-food/

Full results of the EWG testing will be released shortly, and I'll post as soon as I get the email alert.

  More reason to stick with actual ground bones or egg shells as a source of calcium in pet foods.........

[Lukedown]

I don't know if this makes a difference with the fluoride but it says on the website that "We only use the highest quality human-grade bone meal in our foods. This is the same product you would buy in a bottle off your local health food store shelf - not the brownish green fertilizer grade product sold for animals. We receive a complete certificate of analysis from our supplier with every shipment". It goes on to say why they chose bone meal over ground bone.

[Bonkers]

  In this article written by Laurinda Morris DVM for BigCatRescue she states; "There shouldn’t be – but there is - a gray area to a solid understanding and definition of human grade ingredients. The gray area happens for two reasons. One – AAFCO has no official definition of human grade ingredients. So a manufacturer can say human grade and not be held accountable for such claims. Second, it happens because pet food manufacturers that purchase by-products (feet, heads, intestines, and so on) purchase these ingredients from a USDA approved meat processing facility. They are using (or misusing) the term human grade/quality to mean the products come from a USDA approved meat processing facility. The reality that by-products are human grade/quality is far from the truth."                                                   http://www.bigcatrescue.org/pets/PetGradeHumanGrade.htm                                                                                                                                                                                    ETA:  I also found it odd that this particular company lists no address on their website, only a P.O. Box.