[Danielle F.]

Fact of the Day: The human job you never knew existed​

Do you know that your furry pals’ foods go through humans first? Some pet food companies hire human taste testers to check flavour, texture, and quality. Their feedback helps ensure the food meets high standards, just without the kibble crunch! According to HowStuffWorks, testers assess the smell first, then tasting and spitting, evaluating flavour, texture, and mouthfeel before reporting their findings.

Curious with how they test pet food out? Learn more here!

Source: Whitworth Media/YouTube​

 

[Mikev]

Strange

 

[Littleboy8]

Yukky

 

[ElizabethL]

 

[Helen Jeffery]

Oh yuck. I wouldn't have that job for anything. Wonder how much thet get paid.

 

[Littleboy8]

Oh yuck. I wouldn't have that job for anything. Wonder how much thet get paid.

From $34,000 up to $100,000 a year depending on experience I just looked it up.

 

[AmieCoff]

gawd l recall seeing a similar story back in 1979 when l was a young 19yo mum. It was in a magazine with a photo of men in Germany tasting dog food. l dry retched a few times just looking at the photo but l forced myself to read the article. It was interesting to know the cans didn't just contain all the junk not suitable for human consumption.

It's amazing what you find stored in your memory at the time, having a newborn l always woke before he did so read until he woke for his 3am feed. After reading the article I had to turn on the tv & watch anything to try getting the image out of my head