Isn’t whole chicken better than chicken meal?
R. Whole chicken is approximately 85 % water. If a list of ingredients begins with whole chicken and is followed by three or more grains and no other meat proteins, it’s likely that the food contains considerably more grain than meat. Chicken meal is a single source meat meal rendered from the animal tissue, with the water removed in processing. It cannot contain any foreign matter which may process with whole meats, except for what cannot be avoided with processing and represents a more true actual weight in the ingredient list than “wet-state” meats. It is considered a “superior” protein source.
