Does Dog Food Taste Better Than Spam?

Published on Thursday, May 7, 2009, by James Norton / Edit Post

Given the choice between “duck liver mousse, pork liver pâté, two imitation pâtés—puréed liverwurst and Spam—and Newman’s Own dog food,” only 3 out of 18 tasters correctly identified the dog food, reports the Los Angeles Times.

In their defense, most of the tasters did spot the dog food as the worst tasting of the pâtés.

Also: Newman’s Own makes some good stuff, across the board. Who wants to bet that the taste test might have come out differently if we’d been talking Purina?

(Cue fusillade of angry email from Purina publicists.)

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  • Oops, sorry, here's the proper one (I hope!): http://is.gd/yeCF

  • Have you ever read "No Wonder They Call Me a B*tch"? It's a great essay, the author actually taste tested a bunch. Here's the link: http://is.gd/yeBn

  • They don't say, were these volunteers people who normally eat Pate and other liver-based foods? After all, liver can be an acquired taste. When I was a kid, my mom liked good ol' Oscar Mayer braunschweiger. I couldn't stand it. Today I'd happily eat it, albeit with a pretty good dose of brown mustard. If you don't normally eat and like liverwurst, your reaction might be a lot different from...+READ

    They don't say, were these volunteers people who normally eat Pate and other liver-based foods? After all, liver can be an acquired taste. When I was a kid, my mom liked good ol' Oscar Mayer braunschweiger. I couldn't stand it. Today I'd happily eat it, albeit with a pretty good dose of brown mustard. If you don't normally eat and like liverwurst, your reaction might be a lot different from someone who does.-COLLAPSE

  • My dog eats his own poop. I don't think that dog food is designed to appeal to my tastebuds...