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Originally Posted by Becci-in-Hull
Just looked into Chappie and it has animal and veg derivatives (like claws, beaks, etc)  |
I'm afraid that the Trophy representatives is telling you a lot of inaccurate information. The idea that cheap pet food is filled with claws, beaks etc may have been the case many years ago (and is still the case in many countries) but under EU pet food manufacturing regulations pet food has to consist of food fit for human consumption.
BTW Trophy do not manufacture the food themselves (neither do Oscars and most of the other niche brands) they are all made by 1 of 3 large dry food manufactuerers in the UK. They all use the same ingredients just each one tweeks the formulas to match the market segment that they want to target. Trophy and Oscars are franchises, where anyone gives the company a wad of cash and they get access to the branding etc. This means that the representatives that visit you are a bit like Avon, they make profit from the food but only have a limited knowledge on nutrition and only sell you the one brand.
There are many alternatives for sourcing better quality food in the Internet age, most companies will deliver to your door via courier, some suppliers (NorthWest Pet foods, Mobile Pet foods, Berriewood Wholesale, others) have a home delivery service.