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02/05/2026

ABSORB THIS: THE BOWL'S SECRET SCORE BOARD 📊"Bioavailability" is a word used to describe the usable portion of a food's nutrients - just because an "amount" of a nutrient exists in a substance, doesn't mean that the body knows how to use those nutrients. "Bioavailable nutrients" refer to nutrients that the body recognizes and knows what to do with.

Higher bioavailability = more utilization, less waste.

Fermented foods are more bioavailable because microbes pre-digest the ingredients, breaking down cell walls, proteins and carbohydrates and reducing anti-nutrients. Fermentation also produces acids and enzymes that make minerals and amino acids easier for the body to absorb and use.

💫 High bioavailability from fermented raw foods reduces the risk of nutrient deficiencies because more of the consumed food is effectively utilized.

✨ More usable nutrients means smaller feeding amounts - when more of the consumed substance is used, less needs to be consumed. Efficient feeding allows the body to use energy for healing and maintenance rather than nutrient breakdown and utilization.

02/04/2026

DENTAL “CHEWS” OR DENTAL THEATRE? 🎭
Let's retire the fairy tale that ultra-processed “dental chews” are toothbrushes. A starch-based, flavored product cannot outsmart biology; it often feeds the same oral imbalance it claims to fix.

🦠 Rather, oral health is mostly a microbiome-and-substrate problem.

📌 STARCH CREATES PLAQUE
Carb-heavy chews leave sugar-forming residue in the mouth. Oral microbes convert it into acids + sticky biofilm, accelerating plaque and tartar.

(in other words, would YOU brush your teeth with starchy carb cookies? So why should they?)

📌 ULTRA-PROCESSED “CLEANING” IS DENTAL THEATRE
Many dental chews rely on starches, binders, and flavor coatings that break down into sugar-like fuel, feeding plaque-formers while marketing themselves as toothbrushes or "dental care".

📌 FERMENTED FOODS SHIFT THE ECOSYSTEM
Fermentation delivers beneficial microbes plus their byproducts (organic acids, enzymes, peptides). These help create conditions that favor balanced flora instead of the usual bad-actor overgrowth.

📌 MINERALS + K2 BUILD REAL STRUCTURE
Fermented dairy + mineral-rich fish jiggles provide calcium, phosphorus, and trace minerals in a whole-food matrix.Fermented dairy can also be a meaningful source of vitamin K2, supporting smarter calcium handling for teeth and bones.

🧞‍♂️For everyday health and yes, ORAL and DENTAL health:

• Our RAW GOAT CHEESE TREATS are perfect for a probiotic-rich chew, and enzyme-forward dairy nutrition.

• FERMENTED FISH JIGGLES is highly recommended as a daily booster for mineral-rich support.

• Our FERMENTED RECIPES and our various FERMENTED RAW MILKS keep the diet microbiologically and nutritionally diverse.

Your pet’s mouth is an ecosystem, and fermentation is one of the smartest ways to tilt that ecosystem toward balance. 🤓

02/04/2026

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10/29/2025

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How much does it cost to feed our foods?? Despite a higher than average sticker price, our diets are actually more affordable than the average raw pet food due to the nutrient availability enhanced by fermentation. Totals in this graphic are accounting for a moderately active, normally healthy, 50lb dog.

You can find out exactly how much to feed, and how much per month our foods will cost you, by using the Feeding Calculator on our website (https://solutionspetproducts.com/feeding-calculator-how-much-should-i-feed-my-pet-dog-food-obesity-in-dogs-fresh-calories-overweight/) ✌🏻

04/28/2025

🤏 If your groomer is routinely expressing your dog’s a**l glands, it could be doing more harm than good.

In healthy dogs, these glands should empty naturally during bowel movements💩—not by force. Repeated squeezing can traumatize the delicate ducts, which can lead to chronic inflammation, scar tissue that can affect the gland’s proper function, and long-term damage.

Even worse, every manual expression carries the risk of introducing bacteria🦠 and triggering infection. Unless there’s a medical reason, it’s best to leave healthy glands alone.

But here’s the thing: when those glands don’t empty naturally - and you start noticing that fishy odor🤢 - it’s usually a sign there’s a deeper issue.

Without enough pressure during a bowel movement, those glands don’t empty like they’re supposed to — and that leads to inflammation, impactions, and in some cases, full-on infections.

What’s causing those mushy poops in the first place? Often, it’s a mix of:
🥦 Low-fiber diets
🍗 Food sensitivities (like chicken, beef, or dairy)
🦠 Gut microbiome imbalance
🤏 Routine expression at the groomer

If your dog is struggling with soft stool:�Add a small dose of slippery elm or psyllium husk to your dog’s meals — it can help bulk up stool and encourage the glands to empty on their own.

🥣 Start with ¼ tsp for small dogs and increase up to 1 tsp for large breeds, based on size. Always introduce slowly, and always ensure plenty of hydration!💧

This Sunday at 12pm EST, we’re unpacking everything you need to know about a**l gland health — and how to fix it. We’ll cover home remedies, anti-inflammatory supplements, and Dr. Becker’s protocols for infection, impaction and more! PLUS all of the information from this episode, with dosages and recipes, will be available in a downloadable PDF on the Inside Scoop group page!

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04/18/2025

EXPECT VARIANCE IN TASTE, TEXTURE & SMELL!

Not only does culturing cause its own aspect of presentational variance, as structures are broken down and changed by beautiful microbes, but our milks are non-homogenized as well. Homogenization of milk is a process by which fat globules are broken down in a high pressure filter and evenly distributed throughout the milk so that it doesn't separate. While this leads to a product that always looks the same, it can be damaging to fats and proteins. We aren't going to risk the structural integrity of our foods just for aesthetic reasons.

The milk pictured here is separated fully into curds and whey, and was separated in this way immediately upon thawing. This is a sign that the lactic acid bacteria (probiotics) are hard at work creating an optimal environment for themselves. Far from being spoiled, this milk is the safest it is ever going to be. The probiotic jackpot, if you will.

Real food doesn't look or taste the same every time. A lot of work has gone into convincing people that any sort of deviance from standard form is undesirable. We are proud to offer foods that are alive.

04/01/2025

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Much better than a hammer is the carefully selected tool used appropriately in order to create something beautiful. The discussion regarding various kill steps should not be "do they work?", but rather "what are we hoping to achieve?"

At Solutions Pet Products, we are not trying to create products that are ONLY safe - we are trying to create products that are safe, optimally nutritious, delicious, and vibrant. The sledgehammer of kill steps ultimately disregards that this is possible, and assumes that something must be sacrificed upon the altar of safety - a conclusion that has time and again been shown to be unsound.

Our journey to create beautiful foods means that we will not be contained within the boxes imposed upon us by "standard practice". We will select the best tools and place them in the hands of skilled craftsmen. The results speak for themselves.

NUTRITIONAL INTEGRITY: A kill step, such as high-pressure pasteurization (HPP), UV treatment, or similar pasteurization processes like cooking (sous vide, steam or oven) can degrade beneficial nutrients and enzymes in raw pet food. These processes aim to eliminate most if not all bacteria, including beneficial microbes that support gut health and immune function. Studies suggest that raw pet foods retain their integrity and health benefits best without extreme sterilization, as active enzymes and natural probiotics are vital for digestion and nutrient absorption​.

COMPETITIVE INHIBITION: Competitive inhibition relies on beneficial bacteria, particularly lactic acid bacteria (LAB), to create an environment that suppresses pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella and Listeria without eradicating other helpful microbes. Research has shown that LAB, naturally present in fermented ingredients, inhibits pathogens effectively by producing antimicrobial compounds such as organic acids and bacteriocins​. This approach aligns with natural food ecosystems and helps maintain a balanced microbiome, promoting pet health without the need for drastic pasteurization type processing steps.

HURDLE TECHNOLOGY: Hurdle technology combines multiple mild preservation techniques, like pasture based livestock sourcing, fermentation, pH control, and natural antimicrobials, to ensure safety while preserving raw food's beneficial properties. By combining hurdles that each inhibit bacterial growth—without relying on a single, harsh intervention—the food can stay closer to its natural state, supporting overall pet health​.

ADAPTIVE TOLERANCE: Dogs and cats have digestive systems adapted to handle certain levels of bacteria that would otherwise concern humans. A zero-tolerance policy for pathogens in raw pet food, as enforced by the FDA, does not consider this adaptive tolerance and instead holds raw pet food to standards higher than raw meat intended for human consumption. Allowing beneficial bacteria to remain in the food through non-lethal preservation methods supports pets’ natural microbiota and immunity without posing the same risks as it would in human foods.

NATURAL ANTIMICROBIALS: Ingredients with natural antimicrobial properties, like certain plant compounds, have been shown to inhibit pathogens effectively without eliminating beneficial microbes. For example, compounds from herbs and spices can inhibit bacterial growth while offering antioxidant benefits​. Using these natural antimicrobials within hurdle technology ensures safety while maintaining the raw benefits pet owners seek.

11/01/2024

Did you know that just two tablespoons of fermented Bailey’s Blend can contain 500 million naturally occurring probiotics? That’s a natural powerhouse of beneficial bacteria!

Why does this matter for your dog?

Probiotics support digestion, boost the immune system and promote a healthy gut microbiome, which plays a key role in everything from nutrient absorption to managing inflammation.

How to ferment your Bailey’s Blend:

1️⃣ Thaw your Bailey’s Blend. When fermenting, we recommend the largest size.

2️⃣ Place it in the fridge in a new container. Let it ferment — usually around 8 days.

3️⃣ Enjoy the best of both worlds: Use some of the blend fresh and the rest while it’s fermenting for a variety of nutrient profiles.

Thanks to fermentation, Bailey’s Blend will stay fresh in the fridge for up to 22 days.

Fermented or fresh, Bailey’s Blend is packed with nutrients to give your dog’s gut the support it deserves!

10/23/2024

Bioavailability should be a huge focus of discussion in terms of understanding "cost to feed". The primary focus for many people is caloric density - "calories in, calories out" is a popular weight loss strategy, but doesn't tell the whole story.

The calories consumed need to come from foods that provide adequate nutrients in their most useful forms, otherwise the consumer will find themselves in a nutritional deficit, not just a calorie deficit. While our foods are enormously calorie dense, this isn't the only factor that we consider when calculating feeding amounts.

A full 30% of the meats in our foods are organs - nature's multivitamins. Since the micronutrients in organs already exist in their optimal form, the body doesn't need to work as hard to assimilate them as it would if we relied on plant based or synthetic vitamins and minerals. We need to supply far less in terms of "amounts" because the body is actually able to use everything that is available.

Fermentation plays a huge factor in this discussion as well. The breakdown of organic matter by bacteria into constituent parts not only deactivates many anti-nutrients in plant matter, but actually creates new micronutrients and alters their forms to be easy for the body to use. Creating a strong gut and supplying the body with the right nutrients is vastly more important than worrying about nutrient "amounts" established by cereal lobbyists.

10/15/2024

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GELATIN JIGGLES FOR CELLULAR REGENERATION

The body is in a constant cycle of birth and death - its very cells expiring and degrading to make room for the new ones that are born every second. Truly, the process by which the body restores itself is magnificent.

A critical determining factor in the body's ability to recover from disease or trauma is its ability to rapidly replace dead or damaged cells. Unfortunately, something cannot be made from nothing and it is up to us to provide the body with the materials it needs for this process. Foods or food materials that exist in isolation (synthetic or isolate nutrient compounds) or foods that have been dried out (lacking innate cellular moisture) fall desperately short of the standard needed to achieve efficient cellular regeneration.

Gelatin Jiggles are ideally suited to help the body recover from sickness or trauma due to their enormously bioavailable amino acids. Typically, protein is bound up as a conglomeration of amino acids branched together with peptide bonds. Upon consumption, the body must break these bonds in order to utilize the protein. In Gelatin Jiggles, these bonds are already broken, leaving free amino acids that are enormously easy for the body to use.

The less work the body has to do to use something, typically the more valuable it is, especially as a "recovery" food. When we say "bioavailable", we are referring to the amount of a substance that can be used after the body is done processing it. Gelatin Jiggles are one of the most bioavailable sources of amino acids that we know of.

Check out our Restorative Health Guides (https://solutionspetproducts.com/restorative-health-guides/) for various ways that Gelatin Jiggles can help support your pet's health!

07/02/2024

We now have this wild fermented mushroom probiotic. Perfect to add to your dog and cats bowl. It’s awesome.