Q: Why does Wysong use corn and/or soy in their diets, aren't these just cheap fillers?

W: Nothing is used as a "filler" in Wysong Diets.  Please note that Wysong dry foods contain the highest level of fresh meat and organs (not dried pre-processed meat meals) possible in an extruded dry food. Corn and soy are only used in some Wysong pet foods.  Aside from the natural nutrition whole corn and soy provide - essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, fiber - they help permit the manufacture of a dry diet.  The starch in grains gelatinizes around the meat ingredients shaping the nugget, changing starch to a digestible form, and permitting the meat to be dried into a shelf stable form.  Whether corn is used for this purpose or any other grain such as wheat, rice, barley, potato, etc., makes little difference if diets are being rotated as they should be.

Don't be fooled by the various marketing campaigns to demonize certain grains (such as corn) in order to increase the sales of products that do not have the boogeyman ingredients.  The pet food market place is highly competitive and it is common for companies to pander to myths about boogeyman ingredients in order to gain sales:  "corn is evil; buy my product because it contains not corn."  Also, do not assume that these ingredients will cause allergic or sensitivity reactions as commonly believed.  Thousands of animals that supposedly react to these ingredients not only do not react to Wysong Diets, but thrive on them if they are rotated as described in the Optimal Health Program .

Q: Does Wysong produce any diets, which do not contain any corn or soy?

W: Yes, Synorgon (canine - chicken and whole brown rice), Anergen (canine/feline - lamb and whole brown rice), Uretic (feline - does not contain soy), and some have no grains at all such as Archetype (for cats and dogs), Dream TreatsT (canine/feline) and several mixed canned foods All Meat Canned Diets (canine/feline).

** For more information see the following links:  Don't Be Fooled The Pet Food Ingredient Game