If the Nutrient Analysis for a nutrient declines, does that mean the food has been cheapened with some poor quality byproduct?
No! First, the formula wasnt changed, and wont be changed without some form of communication alerting the marketplace that the product has been upgraded. Secondly, nutrient change simply means that the nutrient outcome is slightly less (or more) in the key ingredients providing that nutrient relative to the previous update or analysis. Regardless of whether it increased or decreased, the amounts were carefully scrutinized and deemed to be within the tolerances considered to be acceptable by our nutritionists and senior management. For example, if the protein level of a key ingredient decreased by a couple of tenths, it might decrease the nutrient analysis of the finished product by 5 to 10 hundredths (0.2%, and 0.10 0.10%, respectively). As long as the GA and the requirement amino acids are all still being met, then nutritionally this is not going to have any negative effects on the pet, nor does it inherently cheapen the food.
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