Not A Job I’d Want

Ever wonder how dog food is tested for taste without actually using dogs? This guys does.

Now, we’ve given our dogs grocery-store-shelf wet dog food a few times in the past as a treat and had to stop after a little while because the look of it grossed me out. I know dog food isn’t haute cuisine, but ick, it looked horrible.

As a dog food taste tester, however, Mr. Allison says:

“I have trained my palate to look for materials that we will not allow in the recipe, such as tripe – pet owners react badly to the smell of tripe.

“I’m looking for a patè texture, almost to the point where you could spread it on crusty bread.”

I have nothing against patè texture, but from his first paragraph I now know what was in the cheap wet food we used to give the dogs. I need to go heave now.

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