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Thu February 8, 2007
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Description:
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Metabolizable Energy:
k.cal 8oz cup = 270
Ingredients:
GROUND RICE, TURKEY MEAL, OAT MEAL, CORN MEAL, BEET PULP, WHOLE EGGS, POULTRY FAT (TURKEY AND CHICKEN FAT, PERSERVED WITH NATURAL VITAMIN E), FISH MEAL, BREWERS YEAST, POULTRY DIGEST, CALCIUM CARBONATE, LECITHIN, FISH OIL, VEGETABLE OIL, SEA SALT, L-LYSINE (ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID), DL-METHIONINE (ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID), CHOLINE CHLORIDE, VITAMIN C. BITAMIN & MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS: POTASSIUM SULFATE, IRON SULFATE, VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, ZINC OXIDE, ZINC PROTEINATE, IRON PROTEINATE, CITRIC ACIED (PRESERVATIVE), MANGANESE OXIDE, MANGANESE PROTEINATE, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, NIACIN SUPPLEMENT, PANTOTHENIC ACID, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT (VITAMIN B2), COPPER PROTEINATE, COPPER OXIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, MENADIONE DIMETHYLPRIMDINOL BISULFITE (VITAMIN K), FOLIC ACID, BOITIN SUPPLEMENT, CALCIUM IODATE (SOURCE OF IODINE), SODIUM SELENITE (SOURCE OF SELENIUM), VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT.
Analysis:
CRUDE PROTEIN NOT LESS THE 18%
CRUDE FAT NOT LESS THEN 8%
CRUDE FIBER NOT MORE THE 7%
MOISTURE NOT MORE THEN 10%
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Editors
Registered: October 2005 Posts: 3953
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Review Date: Thu February 8, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
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Pros:
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Second ingredient is a named meat product.
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Cons:
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Inadequate meat content, fat of unidentifieable origin, low quality grains and other controversial filler.
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The first ingredient in this food is rice. This is a decent quality grain, but it is still grain. Dog food, including low calorie dog food, should be based on meat. The main meat meal ingredient, turkey meal does not occur until second on the ingredient list.
A further meat product, fish, in meal form is the sixth ingredient. This is too far down the ingredient list to increase the overall meat content to an acceptable level. We do not find any information about the presence or otherwise of ethoxyquin in the ingredient (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients and that is banned from human foods due to the belief that it is carcinogenic).
Oatmeal is a decent quality grain, but corn is a low quality grain for dog food that has low digestibility and that is commonly associated with allergy problems and yeast infections.
Beet pulp is a low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We appreciate the use of whole eggs in the food.
Poultry fat is a low quality ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative". Poultry digest is a further low quality product.
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