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Hactar
Nov 9, 2009, 9:58:33 PM11/9/09
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In article <7lrjisF...@mid.individual.net>,
Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:37:52 -0700, Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
> >>>And the wheat gluten in pet foods....
> >>
> >>The gluten was no problem. It was the melamine that was there instead
> >>of the gluten.
> >
> >It wasn't melamine *instead* of gluten, it was melamine added TO the
> >gluten.
>
> I thought that the melamine was used to boost the protein assay
> (looking for amino acids) of the product. If they're faking out the
> protein assay, then it's "instead of".
Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:37:52 -0700, Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Boron Elgar <boron...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
> >>>And the wheat gluten in pet foods....
> >>
> >>The gluten was no problem. It was the melamine that was there instead
> >>of the gluten.
> >
> >It wasn't melamine *instead* of gluten, it was melamine added TO the
> >gluten.
>
> I thought that the melamine was used to boost the protein assay
> (looking for amino acids) of the product. If they're faking out the
> protein assay, then it's "instead of".
FWIU it faked out the protein assay by virtue of having lots of
nitrogen. I don't know whether there was any less actual protein than
the equivalent no-melamine product.
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