Filler Breakdown

[meganp]

Wow I wouldn't have guessed it had THAT much bone! So would you consider it to be filler or just a misleading ingredient, I always think as fillers as something the dog cannot digest or digest well.

[PDXdogmom]

Chicken meal (or any other type of meat meal) is made in varying degrees of quality. I've been on supplier web sites that sell to pet food manufacturers and there is definitely an A level and a B level. I imagine that the lower quality ones have more bone.

[RawFedDogs]

Why would a dog food company pay the extra money for higher grade meal when there is no way to tell what is actually in their finished product? IF by some chance some do pay the extra money, how do you know which ones they are? How do you know how much better the top grade meal is compared to the bottom grade? The difference may be insignificant. There is way too much secrecy going on with that stuff for me to trust anyone.

[Caty M]

It's not a filler or a misleading ingredient.. it's just not an optimal one.