Cheese: A fun food ingredient for pets and their owners

Dr. Greg Aldrich provides an overview of the origin and potential benefit for adding cheese to pet foods and treats.

Cheese can be found in several pet food and treat products, but the potential benefits of cheese as an ingredient have yet to be fully explored. | (Lysikova Irina | Shutterstock.com)
Cheese can be found in several pet food and treat products, but the potential benefits of cheese as an ingredient have yet to be fully explored. | (Lysikova Irina | Shutterstock.com)

Cheese is found in several pet foods and treats; maybe not as the main ingredient, but certainly as a flavor or complementary feature to entice pets and their owners. Cheese promotes fun and diversity to their otherwise pedestrian flavor choices. It most certainly is a part of humanizing pets and sharing our world with them. It is both an indulgence and a tool. So, is cheese good for our pets? Perhaps. There aren’t any health warnings about cheese, and it has some interesting nutritional components, as well.

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