Brief: Starting with a review of the eating anatomy of dogs and cats, and their evolutionary adaptation to meat and protein based diets, Champion’s White Paper provides and in-depth explanation of the Biologically Appropriate nutritional philosophy. The White Paper also covers the history of commercial pet foods, and explains how conventional dog and cat foods came to be and why they continue to use commodity ingredients and produce carbohydrate based foods. The document concludes by reviewing the many pet food myths that consumers face in choosing a suitable food for their dogs and cats.