Freeze-drying is a technique that preserves raw ingredients such as fresh meat to deliver a finished dog food product which is safe, shelf stable and lightweight. Freeze dried dog food is technically raw and full of nutrients. 7 июл. 2020 г.
Is freeze dried food still raw?
Freeze-dried food is nutritionally equal to raw food, except for the lack of moisture. The food rehydrates in minutes. It retains the taste, texture and smell of raw food.
Is freeze dried better than raw?
Both the freeze-dried and raw diets contain whole food nutrition ingredients. However, the raw diet contained artificial vitamins added to provide a complete and balanced diet. Freeze-dried pet food uses the natural whole ingredients to derive the vitamins and minerals needed to create a whole and balanced diet.
Is freeze dried meat cooked?
If properly packaged, freeze-dried meat can store for 25+ years and then rehydrate to taste as fresh as the day it was prepared. Freeze-dried meat is kind of magic…it takes a fresh cut of meat (usually cooked, but raw works too), and preserves it for decades.
Can you get salmonella from freeze dried dog food?
The health risk stems from the fact that raw meat based diets are a wonderful breeding ground for bacteria such as salmonella and listeria. Both of these bacteria have multiple strains that cause disease and even death in people and pets. Freeze-drying does not kill salmonella or listeria.
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