Is it dog food...or is it pate?
According to a new study, people apparently can't tell the difference between pate and dog food.
Either our dogs are more discerning than we thought, or pate isn't exactly all that.
The other day the LA Times published a story about a new study by the American Assn. of Wine Economists. When Wine Economists researchers gave 18 volunteers five food samples to try in a blind taste test, just three could figure out the Alpo.
"We have this idea in our head that dog food won't taste good and that we would be able to identify it, but it turns out that is not the case," Robin Goldstein, a co-author of the study told the paper.
Goldstein added that the researchers took care to warn participants that one of the five foods they were tasting was of the canine variety.
The samples ranged from gourmet to cheap and each was processed into a similar consistency. The test foods included duck liver mousse, pork liver pâté, pureed liverwurst, Spam and Newman's Own dog food.
Eight people thought the liverwurst was the dog food. Four pointed to the Spam. Two, most interestingly, blamed the pricey pate.
Toby, a Great Dane, chows down on Pedigree Large Breed dog food. For all he knows, he might be eating pate. Feature Photo Service.
Comments
Looks like we don't have to save Social Security after all.
I wonder if cat food is as tasty... If my job is in jeopardy, Leo and Pumpkin might have to share. -- Jill
Posted by: PeterJ | May 5, 2009 4:57 PM
So, liver is grosser than dog food?
This surprises me not a whit, but I really wish someone would've told my mom that when I was a kid.
Ha. And I bet your mom wouldn't have let you eat the dog food, either... -- Jill
Posted by: Weaselbaby | May 6, 2009 10:06 AM