Project:

The Truth Behind Pet Food

Students:

Daniel Posner, Evan Frommer

School:

Horace Mann, The Bronx

Mentors:

Michelle Lee

Abstract:

Our Project proposal uses DNA barcoding to analyze 20 samples of cat and dog food. We are planning to focus our research on several large companies, who dominate the industry, as well as small companies to compare their labeled ingredients to the actual ones.

Poster:

Team samples: