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Not sure I agree, as these "bad" foods are usually cheaper than the quote "good" brands. At least from what I see. The Nurtraphase (argubly a middle road feed at best) was only about $5. The same basic size bag of "good" brand was about $8. I do the 'price per once' type of comparisons all the time. (Its my nature, my wife hates it). 'crap' brands are usually cheaper then the 'good' brands.
I will agree with your last staement, its always about money.
If you don't really KNOW the nutritional needs of your pets, are you really going to buy the more expensive food that doesn't look as "fun" for your pet? No, it's a very simple marketing scheme that makes them a heck of a lot of money in the long run. The bad foods are cheaper because they use cheap ingredients that aren't good for your pet. What in this world that is actually good for you and good for your health comes cheap? Just because something is cheap, does not mean the companies are not out to make money. It just means they are playing to people's lack of information and "need" to spend less money on their pets and on everything really. The excuse I am hearing lately for why people will not feed their pets the proper diet is because of the economy. Money is tight for everyone, but those of us that care about our pets will spend the few extra dollars a month to care for our pets and maybe miss out on that chocolate bar or book we usually allow ourselves.
Companies "get away" with selling unhealthy things because the U.S. has a poor regulatory system when it comes to foods, especially pet foods. Chips, cookies and soda are not good for us and this has been proven with numerous studies. Why are they still on the shelves? Because people who don't care about their health will still buy it.
