Why Does Rad Cat Use Bone Meal Instead Of Ground-In Bone

Why Does Rad Cat Use Human-Grade Bone Meal Instead Of Ground-In Bone?

We only use the highest quality human-grade bone meal in our foods. This is the same product you would buy in a bottle off your local health food store shelf - not the brownish green fertilizer grade product sold for animals. We receive a complete certificate of analysis from our supplier with every shipment.
Here are a couple of reasons why we made the choice to use a high quality completely human-grade bone meal over ground in bone:

#1) Many people and veterinarians have serious concerns about feeding raw ground bones. Ground bone is challenging for a cat's digestive system. We agree that this is good, but cats with sluggish digestive systems might have problems digesting bone shards. You are a better judge as to the value of bones in your cat's diet. That is why we recommend feeding bones in the natural condition a cat might find it - whole and chewable! You are at the mercy of the manufacturers on the size of bone shards in their grind. In a typical 'kill' for your backyard carnivore, he or she would most likely consume far less bone than is in a typical serving of food with bone ground in.

#2) It is difficult to guarantee the ratio of bone to meat unless every bone ground is exactly the same size. We have chosen to use a human-grade bone meal powder so that we can closely regulate the calcium and phosphorus content in our diets, which is so important for cats.
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