Salmon, the supposed "last wild food&" has become very popular in petfoods. This may simply be marketing; however, there is some nutritional credence to the hype. Salmon has been touted as a “super food” by the human medical community for its content of omega-3 fatty acids. For many of the same reasons, salmon also fits into a solid nutritional platform for a pet’s diet too. So, what do we know about salmon’s use in petfood, and are there any issues?
There are several different forms of salmon available to the petfood industry: salmon meat, rendered salmon meal and hydrolyzed salmon for flavor designations and hypoallergenic diets. At the high-cost end of the spectrum, salmon meat consists of the same sort of fillet found at the grocery, either as whole meat or minced.
