Inaba Pet Food is one of the largest brands of dog food in Japan. One of the things that always seem to be consistent with their dog chows is that they throw in green tea for the purpose of eliminating odor from dog feces and urine.

In other words, if your dog eats this food consistently and always, its poo poo and pee pee won't stink. I guess that's a good marketing gimmick, especially in Japan where folks live in tight living quarters.

There are actually US-based dog chows that add green tea extracts, but they don't market this added-ingredient as controlling relief odors. Flint River has it in theirs, yet don't make any mention of why it's in there. Wellness for Dogs is the same way. Royal Canin cites antioxidant benefits of green tea extracts, but still doesn't mention odor control.

Actually, I didn't know green tea had this quality. I can imagine dog owners feeding their canines with this stuff for a week, and then putting their noses up to a wet steamer to see if it really worked. Perhaps Japanese laws governing product marketing are less restrictive than in the United States, and this is why we don't see such claims here?

Just looking to see if anyone out there has insight on green tea in dog food.