Olive oil, and especially extra virgin olive oil, is all the rage on cooking shows and at finer dining establishments these days. It seems that good news regarding the benefits of olive oil for our health and wellness emerges almost daily. So it stands to reason that people would want to explore this ingredient for use in pet diets. In turn, several petfood companies have gladly obliged.
To the seasoned veterans of the petfood aisle, this may seem like a marketing gimmick whose sole intent is to leverage the halo effect from all the good press regarding olive oil’s benefits to human health. However, lest we be too quick to disparage this ingredient, there may just be a meaningful reason to consider olive oil in a pet’s diet.
