This is the real deal!! This tripe is not bleached or scalded and only lightly washed. The odor is not for everyone. In Praise of Tripe & No Guts, No Glory
Green tripe is reported to be the perfect food for the canine. Recently, an analysis of a sample of the packaged frozen tripe was performed by Woodson-Tenant Laboratories, Inc. in Georgia. The results were what many people had speculated but never proven with scientific fact.
Green tripe is one of the best, most nutritionally complete foods you can give your dogs. It's also, by far, the most smelly! In the case of tripe, horrific smell = good nutrition. It's not actually green, but brown, though you may see the occasional bit of green plant matter. "Green" means it hasn't been processed. Tripe is the stomach of ruminant animals. The stomach contains chewed plant matter, already mostly broken down by gastric juices and amino acids.
The ground tripe you'll find here is prepared by shaking out most of the contents of the stomach, then grinding. The coarsely ground tripe has slightly more digestive enzymes (some leaks out during the second grinding).
The digestive enzymes, amino acids and good bacteria help your dog fully digest and utilize his food. Tripe has the ideal calcium:phosphorus balance for your dog, and contains omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, probiotics and phytonutrients.
The tripe you see in grocery stores is not the same! It has been washed and bleached, and retains almost no nutritional content. Many breeders in europe feed nothing but tripe, and have dogs in glowing good health.
WHAT is raw green tripe? Tripe is the fourth chamber of the stomach, called the abomasum, of ruminating (hooved, 4 footed, grazing mammal, for example: cattle, buffalo, sheep, deer, goat, etc.) animals. In this chamber the food is mixed with gastric juices, amino acids and other digestive enzymes. After the solid matter of Green Tripe is digested, the gastric juices and digestive enzymes continue to aid the animal in digesting and efficiently utilizing his food over the next several meals. Raw Green Tripe refers to the lack of processing, not the color of the product.
Guaranteed Analysis • No Preservatives
Moisture
71%
Calories
765 cal/To
Crude Protein
16%
pH
6.12
Crude Fat
12%
Linoleic Acid
2.7%
Calcium
0.12%
Linolenic Acid
0.4%
Phosphorus
0.14%
Lactic Acid
Ash
1%
Bacteria
12,000 CFU/G
Keep Frozen until ready to use.
The calcium:phosphorous ratio is indeed 1:1, the overall pH is on the acidic side which is better for digestion, protein is 15.1, fat 11.7 and of course it contained the essential fatty acids, Linoleic and Linolenic, in their recommended proportions.
What was surprising to find, was the presence of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Lactic Acid Bacteria, also known as Lactobacillus Acidophilus, is the good intestinal bacteria. It is the main ingredient in probiotics.
Green tripe is also loaded with gastric enzymes, amino acids, and other gastric “juices”. The gastric enzymes not only help the cow in digestion, but also aid the canine in digesting and efficiently utilizing his food. The amino acids are necessary for muscular development and, the other gastric juices, I believe, are the best cleaner for their teeth! Because of it’s rubbery texture, serving it in large chunks also aids the canine in strengthening it’s jaw muscles and has an added benefit as a form of canine dental floss.
