If you spread cat food as an aperitif, your guests won’t get sick. Maybe they won’t even realize it, ”says Géraldine Blanchard, veterinary nutritionist.
“Cat food is sterilized and poses no health risk,” continues Gary Pickering, an American biologist. This specialist in taste sciences carried out a study on the flavors of feline pâté, with human guinea pigs in support! Spicy, salty, acid, viscous… twenty-two criteria allowed the tasters to evaluate the samples. Mandatory chewing and swallowing, oops!
Lucy Postins does not seem disgusted, she even made mash her business. Turkey-pumpkin or chicken-sweet potato-spinach, this Englishwoman tests each preparation before marketing it. A guarantee of quality!
But there’s no question of eating like Minou all her life. “Cats consume three times more protein than us and can do without carbohydrates. We are omnivores and not carnivores like them, we don’t have the same food needs,” explains Dr. Blanchard. So, advice to gourmets, moderate your pâtés, croquettes and other dumplings…
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