FYI, there is no evidence, as of right now, that pet foods made with human-grade ingredients are better for your pet*. They are, however, worse for the environment.
See: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12784728/#sec8-animals-16-00041
@BathysphereHat That then makes me wonder, what makes feed-grade food unacceptable for humans? #lang_en
@ellenor2000 That's a really good question! I don't actually know.
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@BathysphereHat @ellenor2000 AFAIK, it's mostly the standards for contaminants and pathogens, which are usually lower for feed-grade pet food (how much lower depends on jurisdiction, along with how enforceable).
Where I am, human-grade is a big deal because there's very little serious regulation of feed-grade pet foods. There's more and more pressure growing to change that, mostly thanks to pet owners and veterinarians speaking out and communicating more, but in spite of that in 2021 a contamination event that was causing liver failure in dogs didn't result in any kind of legal or disciplinary action, even though there were failures at pretty much every level that led to it.
@dartigen @BathysphereHat which... seems obviously wrong, then, to have that be acceptable for pets but not humans. Even if the studies don't bear it out. #lang_en
