Kibble companies should not have petcare colleges, yet they do.MARs Inc., has a Petcare College and it is a massive conflict of interest. The same company that brings the world M&M's and kibble also has a Petcare College in Australia available for veterinary nurses, pet industry professionals, veterinarians, dog and cat breeders and MARs Petcare Associates. "The program consists of the flagship 25 hour industry-accredited Mars Petcare College curriculum, and covers topics including:
- Feed and Water Animals
- Functional Nutrition
- Responsible Petcare
- Enrichment Strategies
- Life Stage Nutrition for Dogs and Cats
- Dog and Cat Breeds
- Animal Behavior
- Animal Workplaces"*
*(Source:MarsPetcareCollege)
This is a massive conflict of interest because there is absolutely no way that students/attendees/course participants can actually receive unbiased information and education. MARs Inc. has an interest in making money, which includes proving the safety and quality of their goods, even if they aren't the safest or the highest in quality and preaching this in their college. Kibble companies should not have petcare colleges.
MARs Petcare also has board-certified nutritionists on staff who probably teach these courses. This is a real shame because either they are dumb (which is probably not the case) or interested in making money (much more like it) and profiting off of you and your sick animal. I think it is highly likely that MARs Petcare College uses this program as a platform to sell more of their products. According to this article MARs Inc. and companies like it "have long understood the importance of veterinary recommendations and have spent millions on securing their positions as the vet's diet of choice with 'sponsored' nutritional modules at veterinary college and substantial monitory incentives for veterinary practices." Kibble companies should not have petcare colleges.
It is clear that highly processed food, including kibble which is largely comprised of by-products from other industries and is extremely high in advanced glycation end products, is unhealthy. See the National Library of Medicine's research here. Yet, ALL of the pet food manufactured by MARs Inc., and their board certified nutritionists lack any real health benefit. Kibble companies should not have petcare colleges.
Take a look at the ingredient list from a popular MARs Inc., kibble brand, Royal Canin that is often vet recommended, and lacks any beneficial nutrition to create an optimally healthy dog.
Brewers rice, oat groats, chicken by-product meal, brown rice, wheat gluten, chicken fat, pork meal, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, fish oil, vegetable oil, sodium silico aluminate, calcium carbonate, powdered cellulose, salt, egg product, potassium chloride, sodium tripolyphosphate, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopheral acetate (source of vitamin E), niacin supplement, L-ascorbly-2-polyphosphate [source of vitamin C], D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride ;vitamin B6], riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, hydrolyzed yeast (source of betaglucans), L-lysine, choline chloride, taurine, glucosamine hydrochloride, marigold extract (tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals zinc, proteinate, zinc oxide, manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganouse oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate), Yucca schidigera extract, magnesium oxide, L-carnitine, chondroitin, sulfate, carotene, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and critic acid.
This is an INSANE ingredient list and it's all bad. All of it. The ingredients are literally genetically modified rice and oats and chicken by-product, which is rendered parts of poultry carcasses and can contain bones, offal and undeveloped eggs. Poultry by-product meal quality and composition can change from one batch to another. The rest are chemicals added to the food to make it "nutritious" and palatable.
So these same board-certified MARs Inc., nutritionists are the same individuals teaching other vet industry professionals on pet nutrition, which is a massive conflict of interest.
If you want to keep your dog healthy, stay away from kibble.
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