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FRESH FROM THE OVEN TO YOUR DOOR
Flint River Ranch brings the goodness of oven-baking to your dog's
foods in highly digestible, very palatable, concentrated foods.
As the food is concentrated, you can feed less and maintain the
proper nutritional value. We use only the good stuff - all ingredients
are (human) food-grade quality and come from the USDA plants and
mills. Flint River Ranch does not add any chemical preservatives
or animal by-products to any of its foods!
Many pet food are extruded, which steam-cooks the food at very high
temperature for a short period of time, often creating a crunchy
exterior buy may leave the inside uncooked. This exterior coating
traps water and is difficult for your dog to break down, which may
result in bloating issues. In contrast, Flint River Ranch twice oven-bakes
our food foods to bake in the goodness and natural flavor of the
ingredients that dogs love, instead of sprayed-on coating or tough
exterior to break through - the nutrition is readily available for
the dog's body to use.
Why twice oven-bake the dog foods? This process helps transform
the ingredients naturally into an easier-to-digest food that allows
your pets to rapidly absorb the nutrient and readily use them for
energy and muscle building. Hard-to-digest starches are converted
into easily-absorbed dextrins; chelated (key-lay-ted) minerals are
readily assimilated by your pet through amino acid digestion; concentrated,
top quality ingredients aren't hidden in fillers - all enabling your
pet to get the most out of his or her meals. And, dogs and cats love
the flavor and crunchy texture of the foods!
FAQ's
Why is oven baking better than Extrusion process used by other pet
foods?
This
unique baking process changes the hard-to-digest molecules of "raw" starches into easy-to-digest dextrines. This process
acts as a "pre-digest" of the kibble food, resulting in
less strain on the dog's digestive system and allowing a greater
degree of food absorption. A dog's intestinal tract is short; it
functions in the most efficient manner when the food is concentrated
and can be quickly digested.
Furthermore, Extruded products may cause Bloating in dogs. Bloat
is normally caused by an anomaly in the dog's physiological structure
that causes food to expand on the dog's digestive system without
passing through properly into the intestines. There is no food expansion
with Flint River Ranch oven-baked products.
Try leaving your current pet's food in a bowl of water and see how
much it will expand.
What is your Meat or Protein source?
Chicken meat is our base meat source. Lamb and a small amount of
fish are also added to give a more complete array of protein. In
Flint River Ranch, you will see our meats listed as Chicken Meal,
Lamb Meal and Fish Meal. There are NO rendered By-Products, such
as heads, feet, neck, bones, intestines or feathers, in Flint River
Ranch formulas.
What
is "Meal"?
Meal means "reduces in size" - our meal is made from fresh
meat (never by-products) that is cooked; most of the water is removed
and the meat reduced in size and ground. Therefore, if a "meal" ingredient
is listed in the ingredients, even after mixing and cooking, it should
retain its ingredient ranking since most or all of the moisture has
already been removed.
In Flint River Ranch products, you will see Chicken Meal, Lamb Meal,
Fish Meal, etc. It provides the most protein value per volume weight.
This is why our formulas are highly concentrated with quality meat
proteins.
Why
don't you use "Whole Chicken" like some other manufacturers?
Remember, the Whole Chicken is not like the chicken you buy in
the grocery store. Whole Chicken labeled for pet food is exactly
that
- the whole chicken, including intestines, heads, feet, bones,
feather and everything else but the "cackle." - Sorry,
but no thanks.
Secondly, the ingredients listing ranks each ingredient by its volume
weight before it is mixed together and cooked with other ingredients.
Therefore, even if Whole Chicken or Chicken is the 1st ingredient
listed, when the cooking process begins most of the water, blood
and other bodily fluids are cooked out...the Result is a much lesser
amount of chicken tissue which remains - that Whole Chicken will
not be the predominant ingredient after cooking down.
Why
don't you say you use "Organic Chicken"?
It is possible to put one(1) chicken in 50 tons of food and legally
say we use organic, range fed chicken. Some manufacturers take
this option - we don't. While we purchase as much organic chicken
as possible, we prefer to more correctly say we use human-quality
chicken that is hormone free. As with all of our ingredients, we
pay a premium price for the very best.
What is your grain source ?
Our grains are purchased from major commercial (human) food-grade
suppliers like General Mills, Pillsbury, etc. and USDA approved
plants and mills. Ingredients are fully tested and retested when
received. This testing insures the very best quality and reduces
the possibility of (naturally occurring) toxic molds, such as Aflatoxin
and Mycotoxins which are poisonous to pets and animals who ingest
them.
Many pet food manufacturers purchase their grains directly from
the farms for the simple reason that it is cheaper. These manufacturers
run the risk of buying lower quality grains which are not suitable
for human-quality certification, thus raising the potential for toxic
mold.
Whole wheat and selected parts of the wheat berry are used as our
base grain. Wheat grains are not only more digestible than corn,
it is one of the most nutritionally balanced cereal grains. It is
an easy-to-digest source of carbohydrates, fiber and energy. Low
quality fillers like wood fiber, corn cobs, peanut hulls, cottonseed,
straw, soy beans or citrus pulp are not found in Flint River Ranch
products.
What are Chelated Minerals?
Our minerals are Chelated (pronounced kee-lay-ted); minerals which
are bonded or coated with amino acids for better metabolic absorption
compared to regular inorganic minerals found in most pet foods.
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