What are pet probiotics? What should you pay attention to when using probiotics for dogs?

Feb 17,2024
3Min

The variety of pet probiotics currently on the market is dazzling. Some claim to have new patented strains, and some say they have multiple strains. How should ordinary consumers distinguish them? In fact, For consumers, the key to measuring the quality of a probiotic product is what’s on the packaging.

What is the "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value"?

The "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value" is formulated in accordance with the Announcement No. 20 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China Document, Pet Feed Label Regulations, Article 8, Item 2 requires:

"The guaranteed value of the component analysis of pet additive premixed feed products should at least indicate the moisture content and the main nutritional feed additives added to the product."< /p>

What should be included in a good pet probiotic?

Of course it is the probiotic itself!

So we buy pets When buying probiotics, you should carefully look at the outer box to see if its "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value" promises the following two points:

 1. Contained strains

2. The number of viable bacteria

Let’s take a look at the miraculous operations of some pet probiotics currently on the market on the "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value":

1. Pet probiotics are not guaranteed to contain probiotics, for example, Table 1:

If a The "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value" of this pet probiotic does not indicate the strain and viable bacterial count, but only guarantees vitamin B12, niacin and pantothenic acid! Can this be called pet probiotic?

 2 .The total number of viable bacteria is guaranteed, but the bacterial species are not guaranteed. For example, Table 2:

In this pet probiotic outer box In the "Product Analysis Guaranteed Value" on the Internet, we can clearly see that the bacterial strains contained and the number of viable bacteria are clearly marked on the table. , and the enterprise standard (Q/HZBLY001-2020) clearly discloses the testing standards and methods for viable bacterial counts.

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