Fermented Raw Pet Food | Beef Protein

Ingredients

We find that 80/10/10 is nutritionally inadequate for long term feeding. Organ contains far more minerals and amino acids than muscle meat or bone. So 10% organ fed long term can result in nutritional deficiencies in pets. If we wanted to do 80/10/10 we would have to “muck up” our natural blends with synthetic minerals.

Just because something is “standard” or “accepted” doesn’t mean it is “right”. The more we learn about nutrition and biology the more important it becomes to question the status quo and implement changes based on actual evidence. When it comes to formulating our foods, we aren’t concerned with what we “think” about nutrition – we are concerned with what the available science shows.

80/10/10 diets lead to nutrient deficiency: Nutrient uptake analysis shows that pets consuming 80/10/10 diets tend to be deficient in Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, choline, iodine, copper, manganese, iron, calcium, and many other micronutrients. Solutions for health are impossible if we accept the status quo. As our understanding of nutrition expands, we must adapt.
80/10/10 diets are almost always dependent on synthetic nutrients: Due to their lack of high value organs, 80/10/10 diets often require the use of synthetic nutrients to meet the minimums necessary to be labeled “complete and balanced”. Not only are synthetics incredibly hard for the body to actually use, but they are always contaminated with heavy metals and require massive amounts of energy to produce. Solutions for pets and the planet require a more appropriate form of vitamins and minerals.

As pet parents, scientists, nutritionists, and environmentalists, it is our duty to learn and to adapt. Nature is wild and intricate – it cannot be merely reduced to basic components. Our pets don’t exist in a vacuum. To say that a diet made of isolated nutrients and low value foods is “natural” or “species appropriate” is absurd. Solutions for health are unachievable if we accept the current state of pet food formulation.

Our Raw Fermented pet food diets are 85% meat (60% muscle/30% organ/10% bone) and 15% other whole foods, like fermented vegetables and grass fed raw butter. No synthetics, no isolates, no empty calories. The body craves nutrient dense foods, like high vitamin organs, raw eggs, raw milk, and predigested plant foods.