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How to Feed Your Pet Well Without Overspending
Key Takeaways
- Ingredient quality matters more than brand price point
- Correct portion sizing reduces waste and monthly spend
- Life-stage food prevents costly health problems later
- Frequent brand switching disrupts digestion and inflates costs
- To us, what matters most is the nutrition density in the food as opposed to it coming in a larger bag and us paying more for it.
As Pet food costs are going through the roof in India, pet parents have to decide between a healthy and affordable food. They wrongly perceive quality and cost effective as two ends of the scale and one of them is Taffuzo. We at Taffuzo are serious about providing a scientifically researched and formulated food to pets with honestly charged prices.
Tip 1: Read the Ingredient List, Not the Price Tag
When it comes to your pet’s food, the quality of the ingredients and the order in which they are listed on the back of the packaging far outweighs the cost of the food in relation to the quality of the ingredients.
Make sure the first ingredient on your pet’s food is a named animal protein (such as chicken, lamb, or fish). This does not have to cost an arm and a leg! There are plenty of great quality moderate priced foods on the market. And on the other end of the spectrum, just because a food is expensive does not mean it has good fillers such as corn syrup, artificial colors, and unnamed meat meals added to increase the weight of the product. These fillers add no nutritional value to the food.
Tip 2: Buy the Right Portion Size
The most common and most costly error in the nutrition of pets, made by their owners, is overfeeding of their pets.
While feeding a bit extra (up to 20% more) than the recommended serving is unlikely to cause harm, overfeeding in general is one of the most common mistakes with pet food. Not only will excess food fail to provide extra health benefits to your pets, it will be used up much faster than required. So serving the correct amount (as detailed on the back of the food packet and altered for your pets’ weight and level of exercise) will save around 15-20% per month off the cost of your pets’ food, without the need to change to a different brand or even formula.
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Tip 3: Don't Skip Life-Stage Specific Food
When the wrong life stage formula is fed, the result is potential feeding errors which can create serious health problems with deficiencies.
Puppies fed adult formulas will mature more slowly and could be in danger of developing skeletal problems. Senior dogs on adult formulas will place additional stress on their already compromised joints and bodies. Saving a few cents per day by feeding only one life stage formula can quickly cost 10’s to 100’s of times as much in veterinary care than a life stage specific formula would have cost. Stage specific formulas are a form of preventative medicine and are an affordable investment in your pets health.
Tip 4: Avoid Frequent Brand Switching
Changing your pet’s food frequently can cause your pet’s digestive system great problems and can cost you a lot of money as you search for the correct food for your pet.
Most commercial dog foods have a 7-10 day transition period to fully switch your dog from their prior complete and balanced diet. If your dog experiences diarrhea or becomes picky and does not finish their entire meal for a few days, then you are losing money. If in the short term you are willing to “trial” many different, expensive to you, commercial dog foods to attempt to “find” the absolute best for your dog, then Taffuzo is not the correct pet food for you to invest in for the long term. We make a long term pet food formula for long term pet feeding, not for you to try for novel “try it out” every month expenditure.
Tip 5: Look for Value in Nutrition Density
When it comes to price per meal, a smaller serving of a high nutrient-dense food can be less expensive than a large serving of low-density filler food.
Formulas of high-density require to be fed in smaller portions to fulfill the daily needs of the animal, whilst low-density fillers are meant to be fed in larger amounts. Therefore, larger bags of cheaper fillers can quickly disappear whilst the cost should be calculated on a cost per serving basis (i.e. cost per daily recommended portion) as opposed to cost per kg. All of Taffuzo’s formulas are of high-density (more bioavailable nutrients per gram) than comparable competitors that are sold for similar prices.
Smart Feeding Is Affordable Feeding
High quality nutrition for your pets doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg! There are many nutrients on the market, making an informed decision the most important thing. Read the back of pack, measure the correct amount for your pet, stick to it and choose a formula of high density over low volume of low density filler foods. Taffuzo offers a range of healthy, nutritionally balanced formulas at realistic price points to ensure that ensure your pet is receiving the best possible diet. Browse the Taffuzo range today and see for yourself the value for money that we offer.
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Harish Kulkarni, MBA
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