Bone broth: Add flavor, water, electrolytes to pet diets

Bone broth is an ancient food with deep cultural roots that pet owners have begun to embrace as a new approach to connect with their pets.

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Bone broth has a long history of potential health claims, but the actual research of those claims in pet food is lacking. (Magdalena Kucova | Shutterstock.com)
Bone broth has a long history of potential health claims, but the actual research of those claims in pet food is lacking. (Magdalena Kucova | Shutterstock.com)

Bone broth has become popular in human foods and more recently in the pet food aisle. There are some near-medicinal claims related to companion animals which include benefits to joint health and care for osteoarthritis. These are purported to be due to a list of compounds ranging from hydrolyzed cartilage, collagen and gelatin to chondroitin, glucosamine and hyaluronic acid. Bone broth has also been claimed to help “detoxify the liver” due to its high concentration of glycine and that it prevents “leaky gut” and even provides relief from food and environmental allergies.

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