Dry food prepared with Fleischsaftgarung

Our dry food is prepared with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung). FSG is a method of preparing fresh meat. It comes from the kitchen rather than the feed industry. It was modelled on techniques that top chefs often use to make meat tastier and also healthier.

What is FSG (Fleischsaftgarung)?

With FSG (Fleischsaftgarung), fresh meat is cooked in a vacuum at a low temperature. No water or broth is added, the meat cooks alone in its own meat juice, a nutrient-rich liquid that contains protein, creatine and iron. Our dry food has nothing in common with dried food, as it contains a residual moisture from the concentrated meat juice, making it chewable and soft. Dry food prepared with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) also does not swell and does not contain meat meal.

What makes FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) so special?

With FSG (Fleischsaftgarung), the meat is cooked under vacuum and all the natural flavours of the meat, its vitamins and nutrients are completely preserved. The low temperature during FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) also preserves the beneficial properties of the vitamins and nutrients. Therefore, dog food prepared with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) is much tastier and healthier.

The FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) creates the important properties of our dry food that are so appreciated by dog lovers.

Especially tasty

FSG dry food is a delight for your dog and comes completely without attractants, flavourings, colourings, odours and flavour enhancers. The reasons for this are:

The vacuum: The meat cooks under vacuum. So nothing is lost, not even natural flavours, as it is the case with boiling.
The reduction: We use a special technique that allows us to slowly reduce the moisture in a vacuum. Slow reduction is also known from the kitchen as gentle boiling down. Reducing the moisture of the meat juice intensifies the natural meat flavour.

Nutritious like B.A.R.F. diet

FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) makes our dry food as nutrient-rich as BARF diet. The reasons are:

The vacuum: All the natural vitamins and nutrients of the meat are completely preserved.
The low temperature: Due to the low temperature, during FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) the vitamins and nutrients are preserved.

Supportive for the muscle building process

Meat is vital for building muscle, because it has a high protein content. The biological value of meat proteins is much higher for dogs than for humans, because the dog's digestive system has hardly changed. It can obtain energy for muscle building from meat much better than from any other food. Proteins denatured with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) are easier to digest than raw meat. Ideal to help build muscle, making dogs feel light and powerful.

Easily digestible and effectively utilisable

FSG meat is digested better and utilised more effectively by dogs, than any other food:

The dog's digestive system has hardly changed during domestication. Meat is still the most important source of nutrition. Proteins denatured with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) are digested better than raw meat.
The faeces resulting from FSG dog food are correspondingly small, dimensionally stable and have no obtrusive aroma. The consistency of the faeces makes it easier for your dog to pass it (once or twice a day).

Reduces the risk of gastric torsion

The FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) ensures that our dry food does not swell up in the stomach. This means there is no food belly after the meal, as it is often the case with conventional dry food. This improves your dog's quality of life in many ways:

No tummy bloat due to swelling
Reduces the risk of gastric torsion
Shortened food rest because your dog feels less dull and tired after the meal
No food soaking, which leads to an unappetising mush

Chewable-soft through the meat juice

During the long cooking time in the meat juices, we slowly reduce the moisture. Reducing is a proven cooking technique. It brings out the natural flavours and causes a binding (thickening) that makes our dry food chewy-soft. Dry food prepared with FSG (Fleischsaftgarung) become chewy-soft solely through the meat juice of the fresh meat.

Dog food at the level of human nutrition

Fleischsaftgarung (FSG) prepares dog food in the same way as high-quality human food is made. At first glance, this may sound a bit excessive to some dog owners. But it’s not, since the dog is (wo)man’s best friend. The dog left the forest to spend its life with humans some 15,000 years ago. Today, the dog shares our habitat and feels like a real member of the family. Consequently, dogs should not feel worse off in any area of life than the other members of the family. We therefore do not call food cooked with Fleischsaftgarung ‘dog food’. After all, a real family member or best friend does not receive feed.

For the protection of canine health

In a world full of advertising promises, it is hard to tell the good from the bad. That is why we have commissioned TÜV Süd Elab (now ELAB Analytik GmbH) to test our dog food regularly and independently. What is tested: