As I sunk in the spoon, a delightful odor assaulted the nostrils and the flabby object waved obscenely on the spoon. Stan said it was probably a vein. It looked very unappetizing and the dogs left it in their bowl untouched. Here are some other choice tidbits in pet food. Chicken Byproduct Meal consists of rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chickens including necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, and intestines excluding feathers except those unavoidably included.
All water is removed, then it's ground to a meal consistency.
Chicken Byproducts includes everything above without removing the water or grinding it up. This ingredient is digestible, palatable, and more expensive than the first two. It is considered to be the single best source of protein in commercial pet foods. Beef Byproducts are non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat , from slaughtered cows including but not limited to lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, stomachs and intestines and their contents . It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs.