To be fair, a select few pet food manufacturers have managed to push the limit of just how much meat a kibble can contain before it falls apart from, so to speak, lack of starchy glue.
But what about all the others, especially foods that claim to be ‘grain free’? If a pet food manufacturer says their food has absolutely zero grains, and only half of the food can be meat after processing is complete, then what does the other half consist of?
Most frequently, potato is the substitute ingredient that contains the necessary starches lost when grains are excluded. Sometimes sweet potatoes or tapioca are used, but, whatever it is, some form of starch must be used. So a grain free food is not an all-meat, or even a more-meat, product.
Granted, many of the grain free foods available, including the selections you’ll find at Joey’s, contain more meat (often a lot more) than typical offerings from grocery stores, mass market pet stores, feed stores, etc. But don’t believe that, just because you’re purchasing a dry kibble that says it is grain free, you’re getting a food with the most meat possible.