I think its important to discuss how and why we chose the ingredients in Pet-Tao pet food. Casey and I get this question all the time, and I will address the answer here.
As opposed to just taking different meats and putting them into a bag and calling the result a healthy pet food, we have chosen each and every ingredient for a reason. For instance, the ingredients in the Canine Balanced Diet are chosen according to the theories of Eastern Food Therapy, the energetic properties of hot and cold, and the Five Element theory.
Casey and I studied Eastern Veterinary Medicine at the Chi Institute in Florida and learned invaluable principles that we have incorporated into our practices as well as the creation of Pet-Tao pet foods. Our goal is to create healthy pet foods for dogs and cats that will revolutionize how we feed and care for our pets.
We feel that Food Therapy is perhaps the most important and effective branch of Eastern Veterinary Medicine. As I mentioned earlier, the ingredients in Pet-Tao are chosen according to these Eastern Food Therapy principles. This diet is balanced. In Western terms balance denotes meeting AAFCO standards. In Eastern terms, it denotes the balance of Yin and Yang. This is exactly what our foods do- balance the body!!! Due to these facts, Pet-Tao is arguably the only truly holistic pet food.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing