A new range of food flavour sprays for dogs and cats, which could it a lot easier for vets, nurses and owners to feed reluctant eaters and administer oral medications, has been launched by M H Foods Ltd.
The sprays, which will retail through veterinary practices only, are primarily designed to encourage cats and dogs to eat in situations where they are reluctant to feed.
Testimonials received by the company from vets and veterinary hospitals suggest the sprays may help pets to eat when recovering from surgery or suffering from anxiety or depression. The company says they have also been helpful in encouraging pets to eat before their insulin injections and to enjoy bland foods such as renal diets.
Fred Key, Managing Director of M H Foods, said: "The well-researched aromas and flavours of this patented development, which we have branded Bon Appetit, entice pets back to eating. Another plus, pointed out by veterinary nurses, is that our flavour sprays disguise tablets and medication powder on food, making life easier for pets and owners alike!
"The Bon Appetit range - in chicken, beef and fish varieties - is artificially flavoured and, therefore, has no protein and is free from sodium, potassium and phosphorous, adding only 2 Cals per spray".
Retailing at around £5 to £6 for about 50 days' supply, M H Foods says that Bon Appetit has been well received by the major veterinary wholesalers.
Testimonials, full product and analytical information is available at: http://www.mh-foods.co.uk/.
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We had some freebies of this from BSAVA. Mixed results but it has worked very well with some patients.
I always thought that smell was more important than taste for these animals.
Well of course if the proper food was offered in the form of raw meaty bones then this wouldn't be required in the vast majority of cases. I hate to think what products this contains. Bear in mind that if you change neurochemistry of the nose and mouth there will inevitably be neuromodulation of the central nervous system too that may not be advantageous.
I am replying to the comments of Roger Meacock as the Chemist and MD of MH Foods, the developers and manufacturers of Bon Appetit Food Flavour Enhancing Sprays. By the way, these do not contain a “flavour enhancer”. The description is there to describe the function of the product.
I draw you to the attention to the comments of Stephen Ashman, written above, including a link to our website (www.mh-foods.co.uk) which contains the composition of our sprays. The flavours are purely artificial, therefore no known allergens. Moreover refined oils are free from sodium, potassium, phosphorous and protein. Please see the website for Eurofins (public analysts) certificate.
May I also draw your attention to the Veterinary Testimonials on our website as well as other testimonials from a dog trainer of one of the charities and so on.
The composition of our sprays is simple: Refined Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Flax Oil), Flavourings and Antioxidant Vitamin E.
It is the very high quality of the flavour which makes our spray flavours stand out.
These flavour were developed by an eminent flavour technologist and smells far more natural than the generally cheaper flavours used in pet foods which have of course undergone severe heat treatment and in our view therefore flavour degradation and changes.
The Bon Appetit product is not heat treated simply because anhydrous (water free) refined oils do not need heat treatment of any sort. You are therefore getting the flavour as it was designed to be.
Samples are on offer to you.