How do they know it is true when they say dog food has new and improved taste? Do they taste it?

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Yes, they DO taste it! I watched a show on the Food Network about a year ago that talked about taste testers, and one taste tester ate dog food! They also have dogs taste test and if the dog chooses the new food over the old food, then it's considered improved in taste.

Sources: My knowledge .

Somebody does. In the tech industry, the term 'dogfooding' is used to indicate trying out a product internally before it's released to the public. The term is popularly attributed to Purina having humans try out dogfood to make sure it's appropriate for dogs.

Most of the taste from dogfood comes from fats sprayed on the nuggets after they've been extruded. It's those fats that entice a dog to eat it. This is an amusing anecdote about a human trying dogfood.

Here you can read more details about what's in petfood. One directly applicable quote: "most manufacturers perform palatability studies when developing a new pet food. One set of animals is fed a new food while a “control” group is fed a current formula.

The total volume eaten is used as a gauge for the palatability of the food. " .

Some might just do it While most of the time 'new and improved' just means they are different from old formula, sometimes though there are people who actually paid to taste dog food .. From FoxNews about one taster: "He's also been asked to test dog food (for qualities like tartness, since "humans can give us an answer but the dog is just going to bark") and mushrooms. " Sources: foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108182,00.html .

They give the dog the "old" and the "new" food--whichever he/she eats they market and call "New and improved" Easily whichever one the dog either prefers is the one they would call "New and improved" (it could be the same exact thing as before for all you know! ) .

After being stored in the frig. " "Has anyone here feed their dogs a mixed diet of raw food and kibble? If you have or do feed your dog this way..." "Does food prepared by someone else taste better to you than when you do it yourself?

He has always had two other dogs around to play with, now he is the only dog.

How about dry cat food is that also bad for dogs.

Does the food taste better in ireland or america.

If you have or do feed your dog this way...

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