this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2024
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I heard and read several times now that cats can not taste sweetness and that sugar is bad for cats. At the same time most low to medium priced cat foods have added sugar. I find it confusing and wonder why manufacturers do that.
It's filler. They can't taste it, and it's nutritionally void for them, but it's still calories, and sugar is cheap.
Edit:spelling
Because manufacturers only care about making something that's just not poisonous enough to kill your pets.
Hell some of them don't even care about that when it comes to flea meds
I'd bet it's because sugar is still calories even if you can't taste it. So, filler