Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Almost all the reviews are (1) - horrible product, with bones or plastic or fishhooks embedded or (5) - the most fantastic treat ever created! My experience: When asked if he liked it, my dog gave a shrug and said “sure”. When asked to choose between Milk-Bone Trail Mix, he chose MBTM. Now the important bit. Seeing the recommended maximum number of treats on the pkg and Amazon page, possibly due to high calories but also maybe not, I grew suspicious. The second listed ingredient (after chicken) is coconut glycerol. Regardless of source, glycerol is not an ingredient found in appreciable amounts - though it is used as a sweetener in energy bars Since it is listed as second ingredient, there must be a lot. Glycerol is used in skin lotion and in small amounts in food. It used to be added to low quality wines, but is forbidden now. Glycerol is used by marathon runners to increase water retention. Glycerol is “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS). That means that specific safety studies on it have not been carried out, but no one has observed toxicity. But toxicity is affected by dose - which brings me back to the table on the package limiting how much should be given per day depending on dog’s weight. And the remarkably high content of glycerol. For me the risk outweighs the benefits. I will throw away what I bought. Based on reviews here, I searched for white plastic or bone and found none. I am a pharmacologist having worked in pharmaceutical industry. I tend to be over-cautious. Edit: Glycerol has more calories per gram than sugar has.