11/07/2026
🚨 NEW 2026 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW: 77% OF PUPPY FOODS TESTED FAILED TO MEET AT LEAST ONE ESSENTIAL MINERAL REQUIREMENT!
A new systematic review published in the peer-reviewed journal Animals examined 76 studies of mineral levels in dog and cat foods, finding potential imbalances across all feeding categories.
HERE'S WHAT SCIENTISTS FOUND:
🐶 PUPPY FOODS: In an earlier study of 26 commercial dry puppy foods, only 23% met all evaluated mineral requirements.
ALL FOOD CATEGORIES: Potentially low or excessive minerals were reported in kibble, canned, raw, homemade, plant-based and veterinary diets.
VETERINARY DIETS: In one study, 7 of 8 weight-loss diets could fall short of at least one nutrient recommendation under certain calorie-restricted feeding scenarios.
RAW & HOMEMADE DIETS: Some contained too much or too little calcium, phosphorus and other minerals.
EXPENSIVE DOESN'T MEAN BETTER: Premium pricing didn't reliably predict better mineral balance
WHAT CAN PET PARENTS DO?
🥦 🥩Add fresh, minimally processed foods as toppers.
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Choose companies that share complete nutrient profiles. Ask for the complete analysis per 1,000 calories, compared with nutritional standards (this is the amounts of 27+ vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and amino acids you have a right to know). Nutritional adequacy shouldn't be “proprietary.”
ROTATE BRANDS & RECIPES: Consider rotating transparent brands and follow properly formulated homemade recipes that come with a complete nutrient profile.
🍲 THAT'S WHY WE CREATED The Forever Dog LIFE!
Our #1 selling recipe book features metabolically formulated whole-food recipes for dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, so there are never any nutritional deficiencies or excesses (and complete nutritional information).
Why guess about nutritional balance when you can review the numbers?
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Study: Animals (2026). Link in comments!
