“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. Muscle meat is a grand source of protein, but comparatively little else.”

“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. Muscle meat is a grand source of protein, but comparatively little else.”

— Mary Roach