The Dirty Secret About Dry Dog Food (Even the Expensive Stuff)

You're spending over $100 on a bag on premium kibble. The packaging says "complete and balanced." There's a vet's face on the label. Surely that's enough.

Here's what the packaging doesn't tell you.

How kibble is made

Dry dog food is produced at extremely high temperatures through a process called extrusion. Ingredients are mixed, pressurised and forced through a die to create those uniform little pellets. The heat required destroys much of the natural fibre content in the raw ingredients.

What goes in with meaningful fibre content comes out significantly depleted.

The fibre sources manufacturers use

To make up the difference, most manufacturers add cheap fibre sources back in. Beet pulp, corn husks, soy hulls and cellulose — a.k.a. processed wood pulp — are common additions. These bulk up the bag and help the food meet minimum nutritional standards.

They do very little for your dog's actual gut health.

Why this matters

A dog on even a high quality kibble diet is often getting the wrong type of fibre — or not enough of it. The result is soft stools, digestive inconsistency, poor gut bacteria balance and a dog that grazes for grass to compensate.

The gap Logs fills

Logs provides psyllium husk, pumpkin powder, flaxseed and probiotic — real, functional fibre sources that work with your dog's digestive system rather than just passing through it.

It doesn't matter what brand of food you feed. Logs works alongside any diet to give your dog what commercial food consistently falls short on.

One scoop. Every day. That's it.

Good dogs deserve good Logs.

Made in Maroubra, Sydney. Shop at solidlogs.com.au

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