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In just about any supermarket pet-food aisle, shoppers these days can find so much more than the traditional kibble: Ingredients like kelp, turmeric, and apple-cider vinegar are making their way into dog food, and staff writer , and what it says about the anxieties that humans project onto their pets.

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