![Beef by-products get a bad rap on the human side, but they can serve a valuable nutritional purpose in pet food. | (Studioimagen73 | Shutterstock.com)](https://img.petfoodindustry.com/files/base/wattglobalmedia/all/image/2021/01/pfi.Beef-liver.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Beef by-products get a bad rap on the human side, but they can serve a valuable nutritional purpose in pet food. | (Studioimagen73 | Shutterstock.com)
Are beef by-products good ingredients for pet food? Short answer — Yes. But some critics would have you believe they are vile, evil and unfit for consumption. Consider this though: Some people like liver and onions, natural beef hotdogs or blood sausage in the traditional casing (intestines), tripe soup, kidney soup, haggis or sweetbreads. These would all be considered by-products according to pet food definitions.