Denatured meat

[susan fulcher]

I need too know if anyone can clear up a question on denaturing pet food. I have a store and we sell raw food,so I'm always looking for new raw food diets,we also only carry natural and organic foods,so it's even harder to find quality food. We stay away from denatured food because denaturing chemicals are carsenigenic( not sure if I spelled that right) I found a new food and while talking to the distributer about chopped bones, she said they were going to carry XXX Pet Food Company ( I 'll leave the name of this company out) and they had chopped chicken meat and bones. I have always known XXX to have denatured food now they are telling me the chicken is called denatured because it has chopped chicken bones in it and it doesn't have the denaturing charcol or chemicals. So does that mean ground up bones in food means it's denatured? I know denaturing is so people do not eat the food. But I always thought denaturing meant using chemicals not natural ground bones. I'm going to do some research on this and call some of the companies we do business with to get their feedback,because they have natural chemical free ground bone foods but never called them denatured. This company XXX has been known to use words in a decieving way. Any feed back would be appreciated.

 

[Charlotte]

Hi Susan~~
It's my understanding that denaturing is changing the shape of the protein molecule through heat and sometimes acids. leaving a precipitate.
By the company mentioning that their meat bones in any way are "denatured", most likely means that they are using gelatin but I could be wrong.
Here's a site that shows how denaturing effects that shape of proteins
<http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/PRECIP/precpstru.html>
and another one that explains denaturing of bones and connective tissue in making gelatin....
<http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04972.html>
I would ask if that is what the company means by "denatured bones".
This is much different that grinding raw meaty bones into their diets.
If you are looking to add another type of premade raw diet to your store, there are other ones that don't include any denatured meat of any kind and that do grind the RMB's in their recipes.
A bit of gelatin added to a raw diet is not a problem and "feline future's" recipe for cats does use it.
I've probably added to the confusing here but the best way to find out what is in the foods you are to be selling is to ask the company for a list of full ingredients and then do like you're doing, research the info and get feedback from other suppliers who sell the same food in their stores.
I hope this helps.
Charlotte &
Sigmund

 

[susan fulcher]

Thanks for the info Charlotte.....The companies I have now, we have had for a couple years now and I trust them completely.They have become friends and some I have met from referrals of people in the holistic field. But having a business we are always trying to stay ahead of the game. Unfortunatly there are so many trying to jump on the raw food bandwagon it gets frustrating trying to figure out who to believe. we carry a variety of natural and organic products and our customers trust us because we are fussy about everything we have, not to mention we get the opinion of my holistic vet on the products we carry. The company XXX has always had a not so good reputation amongst raw food retailers here,but I heard he was changing his food for the better. I don't have good vibs on this food of his so I decided to not pursue it. But thanks again for the info I shall make good use of it.

 

[Charlotte]

Hi Susan~~
I'm glad the info helped if even a little bit
There's a company in Canada that makes a fabulous raw canine diet that does include ground RMB's and they mostly supply stores in the US.
If you'd like the name of the company you can e-mail me @ charlotte@spiderwomanstudios.com and I'll send you the url.

Charlotte & Sigmund