and significant discrepancies between pet food products labeling and their actual ingredients
appears to be commonplace among pet food manufacturers so here we have marketing gimmicks
and fancy claims something that the fda even warns us about when we're reading pet food labels the
label says just six and there are 24 additional ingredients that aren't listed on the bag
horse which isn't on the products list either and then look at this dog dog dna was found
in dog food if you're new here this is exactly why i avoid commercially prepared foods and make
jericho's food at home with raw fresh ingredients hey friends it's jess and jericho i've included a
link to rachel ray's product page and the lawsuit in the description below first we're going to take
a look at rachel ray's product page so right here it says only six ingredients with added vitamins
minerals taurine and other nutrients it also says no fillers no added corn wheat soy or gluten so
the six ingredients that they highlight down here first one is lamb meal next brown rice ground rice
beet pulp and chicken fat i think the sixth one that they include is natural pork flavor
because on the bag itself if we look at the lawsuit there's a picture of a pig so i think
those are the six ingredients so this is what the bag looks like it's called just
six and then it has those six ingredients you know a picture description of all of them included in
the lawsuit there's dna content analysis of the dog food so the results are summarized like this
lamb and rice are the top two ingredients okay so far so good because lamb and rice are two of
well actually three of the six that they say and next deer cattle and pig are detected at
significant levels so right there we have an issue because deer and cattle aren't listed on the bag
at all and pig is so that's okay next it says corn soy and wheat are all detected at significant
levels so right there three ingredients that it specifically says it doesn't contain if we go
back to the product no added corn wheat or soy and then corn soy and wheat are all detected
at significant levels so this is a problem because the bag says just six says limited ingredient diet
typically when people are looking for a limited ingredient diet it's because maybe their cat or
dog is allergic to something and it includes deer and cattle which aren't listed on the ingredients
and it includes corn soy and wheat which it specifically says it doesn't include and
corn soy and wheat are typically the main contributors of allergies with pets also i want to
mention that rachel ray is owned by jm smucker who also owns meow mix and nine lies which are some of
the worst cat food brands out there let me know in the comments below if you knew that so further
down we see the complete results in the table here so sheep which is an adult lamb so that's fine
rice which is on the which is on the bag cattle and deer which isn't on the bag pea which isn't
on the back pig is i'm not gonna say this word because it's a v jab company but this is a
legume basically soybean which is something that the bag says it specifically doesn't include
corn wheat horse which isn't on the products list either and then look at this dog dog dna
was found in dog food if you're new here this is exactly why i avoid commercially prepared
foods and make jericho's food at home with raw fresh ingredients next we have chicken chickpea
pumpkin trout turkey sweet potato salmon sorghum zebra fish so we have all of these ingredients
even though it says just six with added vitamins and minerals so here we have marketing gimmicks
and fancy claims something that the fda even warns us about when we're reading pet food labels the
label says just six and there are 24 additional ingredients that aren't listed on the bag one of
which is dog what's interesting is in the lawsuit they also talk about different pet foods that were
analyzed like the the ingredients were analyzed and they they matched it up with the label and
it says since 2014 virtually all scholarly researchers have found that pet food sold
to consumers frequently contains non-conforming ingredients and significant discrepancies between
pet food products labeling and their actual ingredients appears to be commonplace among
pet food manufacturers so what's on the label doesn't always necessarily mean what's in the bag
further this isn't the only class action lawsuit against rachel ray's pet food there's also a
lawsuit against her zero grain products which cause a massive spike in dilated cardiomyopathy
and the reason for this is that the manufacturer uses a lot of legume-based protein instead of
meat-based protein since they can't use grains to bump up the protein content instead of adding
extra meat they just add extra legumes which is plant-based not something that produces taurine
carnitine and all these amino acids that directly contribute to your healthy heart function so again
this is exactly why i avoid commercial cat food and make jericho's raw cat food at home it's safe
as long as you source from trustworthy places and handle it properly you can check out this playlist
right over meow it's my complete guide all about raw cat food for beginners thanks for watching