Nutrition
Appropriate Sources of Nutrients
Get to Know What Your Pet Eats
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Every ingredient in our Pet Chef Express
pet food serves an important purpose. In addition
to chicken or lamb, we add these carefully selected
ingredients for a complete, balanced diet.
- High quality animal proteins like eggs, meat
and fish
- Rice for energy
- Oatmeal for its unique nutritional benefit
- Beet pulp to furnish the highest level of
nutritional fiber with the best balance of soluble
and insoluble fiber
- Methionine and Lysine (essential amino acids)
- Poultry fat, lecithin, vegetable and fish
oil to condition the coat and for energy
- Natural vitamins, including vitamin E for
freshness
- Fortified vitamins
- Natural minerals
- Natural tocopherols for freshness
Perhaps equally important is the list of things
you won't find in Pet Chef Express
food:
- Artificial colors
- Chemical preservatives such as ethoxyquin,
BHA or BHT excess
- Crude Fiber such as peanut hulls, rice bran,
soy hulls or wheat bran which can damage the
digestive tract
This what Pet Chef Express means by Nutrition
Made Simple-we use the highest quality ingredients
blended by professionals to give your pet the
best balanced pet food available today.
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Appropriate Sources of
Nutrients |
| NUTRIENT |
FOOD SOURCE |
BODY PARTS,
SYSTEM'S, AND ORGANS |
| Vitamin
A |
alfalfa, cod liver oil,
eggs, fruit, fish, kelp, meat, meaty bones,
vegetables |
bones, hair, immune and
respiratory system's, skin, soft tissue, teeth |
| Antioxidants
|
bilberry, cod-liver oil,
fish, fruit, nuts, vegetables, vitamin C |
cells, free-radical damage,
heart, immune system, joints |
| Vitamin
B Complex |
alfalfa, eggs, fish, fruit,
kelp, meat, meaty bones, veggies, nuts, seeds |
cells, eyes, gastrointestinal
tract, hair, liver, nervous system, mouth,
skin |
| Biotin |
alfalfa, eggs, fruit,
fish, kelp, meat, nuts |
bone marrow, genes, glandular
and metabolic system's hair, muscle, skin |
| Vitamin
C |
alfalfa, fruit, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, vegetables |
adrenal glands, blood,
bones, capillary walls, cells, connective
tissue, heart, mucous membranes, nervous system,
teeth |
| Calcium |
alfalfa, bones, carob,
eggshell, kelp, vegetables |
blood, bone, heart, muscles,
nails, skin, soft tissues, teeth; circulatory,
digestive, enzymatic, immune, nervous system |
| Carbohydrates |
fruit, vegetables, and
grains |
brain, energy, nervous
system |
| Choline |
eggs, fish, kelp, meat,
nuts, seeds, vegetables |
adrenal glands, brain,
kidneys, liver; cardiovascular, glandular,
and nervous system's |
| Chromium |
alfalfa, vegetables, fruit,
kelp, meat, meaty bones, nuts, seeds |
adrenal glands, brain,
blood, heart, liver,white blood cells, circulatory
and immune system's |
| Copper |
alfalfa, avocado, fish,
kelp, nuts, meat, meaty bones, seeds, vegetables |
blood, bone, circulatory
system, hair, skin |
| Vitamin
D |
alfalfa, cod-liver oil,
eggs, fish meat, meaty bones, sunlight |
bones, eyes, heart, kidney,
glandular and nervous system's, skin, teeth |
| Vitamin
E |
alfalfa, eggs, fish, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, nuts, seeds, vegetables |
arteries, circulatory,
heart, nervous and glandular system's, heart,
lungs, skin |
| Fat
|
animal skin and fat, avocados,
eggs, fish, meat nuts, oils, poultry, seeds
|
brain, energy, insulation,
liver, blood, nervous system, nutrient utilization |
| Fluorine |
garlic, kelp, vegetables |
bones, blood, lymphatic
system, teeth |
| Folic
acid |
alfalfa, eggs, fish, fruits,
meat, vegetables |
blood, glands, liver,
reproductive system |
| Inositol |
fruit, kelp, meat, nuts,
seeds, vegetables |
brain, hair, heart, intestines,
kidneys, nerves, skin |
| Iodine
|
alfalfa, eggs, kelp, fish,
meat, meaty bones |
brain, glandular system |
| Iron
|
alfalfa, eggs, fish, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, vegetables |
blood, bone, metabolic
system, muscles, nails, skin, teeth |
| Vitamin
K |
alfalfa, cod-liver oil,
eggs, fish, kelp, vegetables |
blood, bone, liver, gastrointestinal
system |
| Magnesium |
alfalfa, fish, fruit,
kelp, meaty bones, seeds, vegetables |
arteries, bones, cells,
heart, nerves, teeth; digestive, immune, nervous,
and reproductive system's |
| Manganese |
alfalfa, berries, eggs,
kelp, meat, meaty bones, nuts, seeds, vegetables
|
blood, bones, brain, immune
system, liver, mammary glands, muscles, nerves
|
| Molybdenum
|
alfalfa, kelp, vegetables
|
bones, cells, kidneys,
liver, nitrogen metabolism |
| Phosphorus
|
alfalfa, eggs, fish, kelp
meat, meaty bones |
bones, brain, eyes, liver,
muscles, nerves, teeth, circulatory and digestive
system's |
| Potassium |
alfalfa, dates, fish,
fruit, kelp, meat, meaty bones, vegetables
|
blood, heart, kidneys,
muscles, skin; endocrine, digestive, and nervous
system's |
| Protein
|
eggs, fish, meat, nuts,
poultry, seeds |
acid/alkaline balance,
energy, fluid balance, hair, hormones, immune
system, muscles |
| Selenium |
alfalfa, eggs, fish, garlic,
kelp, meat, meaty bones, vegetables |
enzyme and immune system,
eyes, heart, pancreas, red blood cells, tissue
elasticity |
| Silicon
|
alfalfa, kelp, meaty bones,
vegetables |
arteries, bones, connective
tissue, hair, heart, nails skin |
| Sodium |
alfalfa, eggs, fish, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, vegetables |
blood, lymphatic system,
muscles, nerves |
| Sulfur
|
eggs, fish, garlic, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, vegetables |
blood, cells, liver, skin,
soft tissue |
| Sunlight
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direct sunlight |
vitamin D absorption |
| Vitamin
T |
eggs, sesame seeds |
blood, immune system |
| Vanadium
|
fish, kelp, meat, meaty
bones |
bones, cellular metabolism,
heart, kidney, teeth |
| Water
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nutrient absorption, circulation,
digestion, excretion |
| Zinc
|
alfalfa, eggs, fish, kelp,
meat, meaty bones, nuts, seeds |
blood, bones, eyes, heart,
joints, liver |
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Do you care what your pet
is eating?
If so… then study the labels on
the foods that you are currently feeding your
pet. See for yourself the difference between our
pet food and the national leading brands (these
can be found on the web or you may contact us
for information).
Ingredients are listed in order
of their volume percentages. For example if Soybean
is the first ingredient listed on the label, then
Soybean is the major ingredient in your pet's
food. Listed below are some ingredients we would
like to bring to your attention.
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS
Parts of the animal not fit for human consumption.
By products can include intestines,
chicken heads, duckbills, chicken and turkey feet,
feathers and bone. Ingredients listed as Chicken,
Beef and Poultry by-products are not required
to include actual meat. Rendered meat can include
any mamal meat including cats and dogs.
ETHOXYQUIN, BHA AND BHT
Chemical additives used as preservatives.
Ethoxyquin is regulated as a pesticide and cannot
be added to human food.
FILLERS
These are ingredients such as feathers,
soy, cotton hulls, corn cobs, peanut hulls, citrus
pulp, screenings, weeds, straw and cereal by-products.
Food company's claim these ingredients to be all-natural,
and technically they are. The down fall is that
your pet gets NO nutritional value from these
fillers, and it creates more work for the POOPER-SCOOPER.
We at Pet Chef Express are proud
to say that we only use all natural ingredients
and preservatives. By using these ingredients
your pet will get a little something from everything
in our foods.
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