Cellulose
Cellulose is a fibre ingredient. Whether it is useful depends on the purpose of the ration, its amount and the outcomes actually tested.
Health Topic Digestive Health
Beet pulp
Beet pulp can change stool characteristics and digestion. Those changes need context; they are not a universal good-or-bad score.
Beet pulp, cellulose and Miscanthus in dog food: a fibre comparison
Fibre source changed stool characteristics and digestibility; there was no single winner across every endpoint.
Bacteria in commercial raw pet foods: a 25-product survey
The sampled raw foods sometimes contained potentially harmful bacteria. This was food testing, not a trial showing how often pets or people became ill.
Raw, lightly cooked and dry dog food: digestibility compared
Selected foods differed in digestion and stool measurements. This short experiment does not establish which format produces better lifelong health.
Raw, pasteurised and heat-treated dog food: what changed?
An 18-dog trial compared raw, pasteurised and heat-treated foods. Digestibility and other measurements differed, but the results do not establish lifelong health superiority.
Raw feeding and the canine gut microbiome
What an eight-dog feeding trial found about raw beef, gut bacteria and stool quality, with a closer look at the methods, results and limits of the evidence.