What Are Chelated Minerals?

A lot of people have heard of chelated minerals but are not sure what they are.  The term chelate comes from the Greek meaning “claw” and if you will picture a claw clamped down on some object, that is what a true chelated mineral is.  It is a molecule of a mineral surrounded by two amino acids.  The advantage of chelated minerals is the molecules have limited size and the minerals are in their pure form and do not have to be broken down before they are absorbed.  This makes mineral absorption fast, simple, and efficient.

There is only one true chelated mineral that meets this definition and that is “metal amino acid chelates” which will be displayed on a feed product with the name of the mineral followed by the term amino acid chelate, like zinc amino acid chelate.

This is the type of minerals you will find in products produced by Build A Better Dog  These amino acid chelates have never been equaled in performance and reliability by any other products on the market.

What Are Chelated Minerals?

Steve

Steve

Product #33 Variation

Product #33 Variation

Order – Mar 17, 2013 @ 11:39 PM

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Donna and Harley

Harley, at 14 years, is old and nearly deaf, but her sight is still good.  I had been giving her another Glucosomine and Chondroitin supplement but it got so expensive.  After six days on Triad Performance Supplement, my son went to the barn with Harley to feed the mule and the chickens.  He came back and said that Harley was playing with the tennis balls and chasing the chickens again.  He asked if he could have some of Harley’s supplement on his cereal in the morning.

Donna and Harley

Harley and Donna

Harley, at 14 years, is old and nearly deaf, but her sight is still good.  I had been giving her another Glucosomine and Chondroitin supplement but it got so expensive.  After six days on Triad Performance Supplement, my son went to the barn with Harley to feed the mule and the chickens.  He came back and said that Harley was playing with the tennis balls and chasing the chickens again.  He asked if he could have some of Harley’s supplement on his cereal in the morning.

Harley and Donna

This is amazing.  Following is a post from Petsumer Report which details the aftereffects of the Chinese import problem of several years ago.  Read on:

China.

In 2007, thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S. died due to contaminated pet food ingredients sourced from China. In just the past year and a half, the FDA has received reports on the death of more than 300 pets linked to Chinese imported jerky treats.

You’d think that pet food manufacturers would be avoiding ingredients sourced from China – but that’s not true. Actually, dog food and cat food (and pet food ingredients) imports from China have increased by more than30 million pounds in just five years! (Source: Food And Water Watch)