The invisible killer carrageenan of cat canned

The World Health Organization's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other agencies have also issued many warnings on the addition of carrageenan, and have evaluated carrageenan accordingly, saying that the application of carrageenan ingredients in food is really worrying!

What is carrageenan?

Carrageenan is actually a hydrophilic colloid extracted from red seaweed, because it has the ability to stabilize casein micelles, and has a synergistic effect with many thickeners, which can give dairy products a variety of properties and forms, so it has become one of the ingredients commonly used in the process of making processed foods. At present, most of the pet food cans on the market contain carrageenan ingredients!

Carrageenan in snack cat cans is widely present, except for a few staple food cans, almost all snack cans (especially domestic, Nissan, Thai cans) contain carrageenan. This is because carrageenan, as a thickener, makes canned food less thin and tastes better. Some inferior cans with too little dry matter content may have a higher carrageenan content, making them look more viscous. Therefore, the canned snacks for the cat should be appropriate, and cann't be used as the staple food of the cat, otherwise it may be ingested excessive carrageenan, which is not only potentially dangerous, but also may lead to malnutrition.

The main food is less abundant in canned carrageenan

For staple food cans, shovelers don't have to look like flood beasts. A good staple can may only add a small dose of carrageenan to the can, or it may be completely free of carrageenan. Because the staple can is not like a snack can, its texture is mousse-shaped, the flesh is dense, and it does not need carrageenan to thicken. Some producers of high-end staple food cans have also promised that carrageenan will not be added to the cans. For example, cat cans from New Zealand, Jia Yu Fellia cat cans do not contain carrageenan, so that your cat owners can eat healthier. The canned starch content and high moisture content of staple foods can reduce the chance of urinary system diseases in cats and are more in line with cat meat habits. Fellia Jia Yu Cat Jar has no added starch, meat content of up to 90%, high protein and low fat, moderate calcium-phosphorus ratio, added vitamins, minerals, grain-free formula, is a very good staple food can.