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Fucking human food isn't safe for human consumption any more.

I couldn't find anything on the great depression requiring pet food to be safe for human consumption. I would love for someone to prove me wrong through.

According to this PetMD article, prior to WW2 pet food was a luxury item. During WW2 pet food production completely stopped due to the war. (No cited sources on this article though, I am not sure how accurate it's claims are?)

According to this Vice article, pet food is held to some standards but technically does not need to be safe for human consumption. (Again, I am not sure how trustworthy of a source Vice is)

This is the best source I have found, a peer reviewed and cited research article published on Jan 30th 2023: Insights-Driven Development of Humanized Foods for Pets. It clashes with the above article in that it talks about pet food production during WW2 and actually cites sources. In regards to pet food being required to be fit for human consumption, it doesn't mention anything about the great depression. It actually mentions that this is a more recent development and that there still isn't a "set standard"

A seemingly simple yet confusing claim that has appeared recently in the pet food space is “human-grade,” whereby additional regulations regarding manufacturing, packaging, and storing of the food ensure compliance with safety standards of human consumption guidelines (Oba et al., 2020). Although this claim has been used for pet foods for a few years, it has no definition in animal feed regulations. The term “edible,” however, is defined by the US Department of Agriculture as foodstuffs that have been processed, inspected, and passed manufacturing regulations that are designed to ensure safety for consumption by humans. Pet foods that truly meet this standard must include only ingredients that are human edible and must be manufactured, packed, and held in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 (AAFCO, 2021; FDA, 2022). Currently, AAFCO is in the process of drafting guidance for “human-grade” claims in pet foods in an attempt to provide clarity to the claim (AAFCO, 2021). The proposed definition outlines that pet foods using the “human-grade” claim are first and foremost animal food products that are subjected to inspection under 21 CFR 507, manufacturing must be in accordance with 21 CFR 110, and the overall process is conducted according to standards ensuring human consumption safety (Carter et al., 2014; Oba et al., 2020; FDA, 2022). Furthermore, the pet food bearing a “human-grade” claim must be manufactured in accordance with the applicable human food regulations for ready-to-eat human food (AAFCO, 2021, 2022)

My neighbor has an indoor cat that spends all day getting into the highest spots he can find. This is his hobby. I've watched him get down from on top of the high-hung cupboards and the way he did it... it was like the whole apartment was his planet fitness. They all called him fat, because at first glance, sure you could say that.

He got down to come see me when I first visited and I was 100% sure that I never wanted to mess with this cat. It was like patting a fuzzy wall. He is not fat. Bro is built like a tank. He's literally V shaped. He's survived years with three pitbull dogs that like to chase him and try to use him as a toy. Out of all the animals there, that is the scariest one. That's what happens when your cat uses ALL the protein in that food for gainz.

I pointed this out to one of the neighbors and the look on their faces as they realized I was right.

Do you mean "cat food isn't even less expensive..."?

What if the reason is flavour?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGCoOJSj7jk

Let's sausage!

well he is clinically insane.

the one-two punch of the $40B lobster and the 300-step garbage can nachos cracked his mind.

I can't imagine it's much worse than Vienna sausages in that form, and someone is eating enough of those to keep them on store shelves.

That's anons goal. Anon collects rocks.

Closest thing to a job they have too

Thanks. Now I just gotta know which dog food to eat and I can finally get jacked

For one thing, cats can't handle the level of salt in human diet. So to a human, cat food is very bland. This is also why one shouldn't feed cat salty human food.

Didja cook it?

I bought one for my cats a while ago. I was opening a can of something else (I forget, spam maybe) with the same pull off lid and they full on sprint towards me meowing like I hadn't just fed them an hour before.

Apparently that can has 91kcal/can, and 10% of it is "crude protein." Protein provides about 4 calories per gram, so one can is 2g protein.

If we scale to 250 kcal, that's 6g protein.

Not sure I want to know where OP got their numbers from...

Also, regular chicken breast has higher protein content than this cat food, and it's probably cheaper per calorie.