“Animals have evolved to survive,” Rawson says. They like what’s best for them. People blanch to see “fish meal” or “meat meal” on a pet-food ingredient panel, but meal – which variously includes organs, heads, skin, and bones – most closely resembles the diet of dogs and cats in the wild.”

“Animals have evolved to survive,” Rawson says. They like what’s best for them. People blanch to see “fish meal” or “meat meal” on a pet-food ingredient panel, but meal – which variously includes organs, heads, skin, and bones – most closely resembles the diet of dogs and cats in the wild.”

— Mary Roach