# How does dry dog food work?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-dry-dog-food-work/731194 "2015-09-14T11:43:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-dry-dog-food-work/731194/1 "2015-09-14T11:43:06Z")

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It’s made with meat, but doesn’t spoil for months. What’s up with that?

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-dry-dog-food-work/731194/2 "2015-09-14T12:13:54Z")

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No moisture, lots of preservatives, high temp processing.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-dry-dog-food-work/731194/3 "2015-09-14T13:00:24Z")

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It’s basically dried grains and jerky, ground to a powder and compressed into nuggets.