My young and healthy Jack Russell, Wilf, loves Marmite. My question is, due to it's salt content, is it likely to do him more harm than good? I don't give him too much- I smear about a quarter of a teaspoonful on a Bonio for him about twice a week.
Sara Marlow
Marmite - well, you either love it or hate it, as the saying goes, and Wilf obviously loves it. Marmite is mainly made of yeast extract and is a good source of B complex vitamins and minerals such as Zinc. It does have a relatively high salt content (about 11gms of salt per 100gms Marmite), but how harmful this is depends on how much you give. I believe a quarter teaspoonful will contain about 0.5 gms salt, which given twice a week will cause no worries, unless Wilf’s diet is exceptionally high in salt. You might be just as concerned about the ingredients in Bonio –
Bonio with Marrowbone. The ingredients are cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin (marrowbone 4 percent minimum), meat and animal derivatives, oils and fats, sugars, minerals, coloring (iron oxide), and antioxidants (BHA and BHT).
- such as its sugar content, the ‘derivatives’ and the antioxidants!
Richard Allport, vet
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