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 Cereal
food fines (US)
By-products
of breakfast cereal production; particles
of food.
Cornmeal,
Corn chop, Ground corn (US)
Meal
made from the entire maize (sweetcorn)
kernel. Must contain no more than 4%
foreign material.
Corn
gluten meal (US)
Residue
from the manufacture of maize (sweetcorn)
syrup or starch. Gluten is a sticky
substance which gives wheat starch or
maize starch its tough elastic quality. It
is used to bind or hold together other
ingredients.
Dried
kelp (US)
Dried
seaweed. The percentage of salt and
minimum percentages of potassium and
iodine must be stated on the label.
Dried
whey (US)
The
thin part of separated milk, dried
(powdered). Must not be less than 11%
protein nor less than 61 percent lactose.
Mill
run (US)
See
vegetable by-products
Textured
Vegetable Protein [TVP] (UK)
Made
from de-fatted soya bean meal.
Vegetable
by-products (US)
The
residue left after the primary food
product has been extracted during milling
e.g. "Corn Mill Run" is a
pulverised blend of maize husk and
corn-cobs left over after the sweetcorn
kernels have been removed.
Colors, Flavors, Preservatives
and Other Additives
Chemicals with no
nutritional value are added to cat food to improve
its taste, smell, stability, texture or
appearance. Emulsifiers bind water and fat
together. Antioxidants stops fat from turning
rancid. Colors and flavors make the food more appetizing
for the cat and more attractive to the
owner. The use of additives in food (human or pet)
has increased over the last several decades,
though there is now a greater demand for
additive-free and organic foods.
"Flavor"
on a label means just that - it must taste like
the named item. In the US, foods labeled "beef flavor" might contain cow
by-products, but not those parts a human would
term "beef". In the UK, the regulated
terms "flavor", "flavored"
and "natural flavor" are a confusing
minefield. Natural-tasting flavors can be
produced chemically in a laboratory and bought in
drums. There is much debate over
"artificial" or synthesized flavors which are
chemically identical to the
natural version, and possibly safer to consume due
to purity and fewer natural contaminants.
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