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Artificial Color in Pet Food
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Humans are so stoopid that they respond to the color of their food and pick Juicy Juice brand over another brand because the color is just right. Of course, they insist that it be all natural and healthy as they smoke a cigarette and enjoy a 900 calorie burger with their juice, so it's a little beet juice for color instead of FD&C Red No. 4, but it comes down to the same thing. I can sort of expect that from neurotic humans, but apparently we do it for pet food too.

My cat doesn't give a flying fuck what color his food is. He just cares that it tastes good. But apparently the manufacturer adds coloring because if they don't humans won't buy it.

They even go to great length to press pet food into human-friendly shapes, like fake bacon. As if a dog sees that shape and reddish colored stripe and thinks BACON!!! like the commercial would have us believe.

Humans are doomed. We're too stoopid to survive much longer.



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1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you.
2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child.
3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer.

4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Diploid]
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You've been harping on this humans are doomed shit for a long time and I want some action and concrete proof for this.  When are you going to get of your rich privileged ass and make this happen? :hissyfit:

I want my lucky charms.


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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Icelander]
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Sorry, I'm a stoopid human too. :confused:


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1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you.
2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child.
3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer.

4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Diploid]
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Diploid said:
Humans are so stoopid that they respond to the color of their food


How is a response to food color stupidity? It seems to me to be nothing more than an amusing quirk of human behavior - clearly color was a determining factor in the instinctual manners in which humans evaluated whether or not something is food. It doesn't seem to be something that occurs consciously, and even for those who become conscious of the influences it has on their decisions, it doesn't really seem to be something of such importance that it's necessary to consciously override it all the time, as if one's not intelligent if they ever exhibit a color-bias in their decisions. :lol: 

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Of course, they insist that it be all natural and healthy as they smoke a cigarette and enjoy a 900 calorie burger with their juice, so it's a little beet juice for color instead of FD&C Red No. 4, but it comes down to the same thing.


Is that the standard demographic for Juicy Juice? Fat people with emphysema who nonetheless demand healthy juice? I figured they were probably drinking Mountain Dew... :strokebeard:

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My cat doesn't give a flying fuck what color his food is. He just cares that it tastes good.


So you're convinced that color doesn't factor in the diet choices of cats? On another note, not all animals use the same senses in the same ways, to the same degrees, for the same reasons. :wink:

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But apparently the manufacturer adds coloring because if they don't humans won't buy it.


I doubt that it's the determining factor, actually. Most people find the smell of wet dog or cat food, for example, completely unappealing, yet they still purchase it for their animals because that's what their animals eat - despite the fact that they find it offensive to their senses. I think the most likely explanation for the phenomenon is that a manufacturer decided to color their food in a way that people would find appealing visually because they thought it would give them an edge over the food of other manufacturers. In all honesty I think any effect is such subtle and not too consequential - I'm willing to wager that the two leading influences on which animal food people buy are A.) how nutritious and how "scientifically-formulated" the food is, and B.) the price tag. 

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They even go to great length to press pet food into human-friendly shapes, like fake bacon. As if a dog sees that shape and reddish colored stripe and thinks BACON!!! like the commercial would have us believe.


Another, more realistic interpretation is the novelty factor. Bacon strips aren't a staple diet but instead treats. The idea is that animal lovers tend to like to have fun with their pets. Taste-wise the treats are formulated for the enjoyment of the dog, but visually they're formulated for the enjoyment of the people. And from that...

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Humans are doomed. We're too stoopid to survive much longer.



Indulging in the experience of having fun with one's pet doesn't seem to be stupid at all, actually. In fact it seems emotionally-healthy to me. The fact that we carry around with us a biological archaism that still affects the way we make choices regarding our diet doesn't strike me as being either stupid or dooming, either. You portray it as if it's some inherently negative thing that people are actively engaging in, when it's for the most part just this inconsequential thing that for the most part flies underneath the radar because it doesn't really matter.


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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: fireworks_god]
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fireworks_god said:
Diploid said:
Humans are so stoopid that they respond to the color of their food


How is a response to food color stupidity?


Finish the sentence and the answer may come.

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Hobozen]
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blankk said:
Finish the sentence and the answer may come.


I already read the entirety of his post. What, do you think that your point of view is inevitably understood? :lol:


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If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
For I've never known completeness
Like being here
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Loving every breath of you
:heartpump: :bunnyhug: :yinyang:

:yinyang: :levitate: :earth: :levitate: :yinyang:

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: fireworks_god]
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I had a Samual Adams Pumpkin Ale for the first time this week. When I poured it I was all "Ooh, look at the nice pumpkin color!"


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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: fireworks_god]
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Just shittin around :tongue:

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Diploid]
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My mom feeds our dogs fresh meat she buys at fancy grocery stores.

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Memories]
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These people I know are turning their dogs vegan.

:facepalm:

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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Kupo]
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No doggie treats until you eat your carrots! :nono:


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Re: Artificial Color in Pet Food [Re: Kupo]
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Kupo said:
These people I know are turning their dogs vegan.

:facepalm:


:awewtf:

Those fucks shouldn't be allowed to own animals.

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