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Description: Metabolizable Energy:
363 kcal/cup


Ingredients:
Duck Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (Preserved With Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Tomato Pomace, Carrots, Peas, Sun-Cured Alfalfa, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Quinoa (Organic), Inulin, Apples, Blueberries, Cranberries, Beta-Carotene, Dehydrated Kelp, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Pantothenic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Choline Chloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Biotin, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract, Inositol, Polysaccharide Complexes of Zinc, Iron, Manganese, Copper and Cobalt, Potassium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Lactobacillus acidophilus Lactobacillus casei, Enterococcus faecium, B. subtillus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus coagulins, Aspergillus oryzae, and Aspergillus niger.


Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein min 23%
Crude Fat min 13%
Crude Fiber max 3.9%
Moisture max 10%
Calcium min 0.95%
Phosphorus min 0.7%
Vitamin A min 22,000 IU/kg.
Vitamin E min 165 IU/kg.
**Ascorbic Acid min 30 mg/kg
**Omega 6 Fatty Acids min 3%
**Omega 3 Fatty Acids min 0.5%
**Beta-Carotene min 5.0 mg/kg.
**Glucosamine Hydrochloride min 41 mg/cup



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Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
Review Date: Thu December 27, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: Not Indicated | Rating: 0 

 
Pros: First ingredient is a named meat product
Cons: Insufficient meat content, mixed quality ingredients

The first, sixth and eighth ingredients in this food are named meat products, each in meal form. The latter two are too far down the ingredient list to make a substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food.


The second - fourth ingredients are all grains, suggesting a grain-heavy food. It is likely that if the two forms of rice listed were not 'split' that rice would, in fact, be revealed as the primary ingredient in the food. Rice and oatmeal are decent quality grains and good carbohydrate sources, however canines should be fed diets based on meat rather than grains.


Beet pulp is filler and a controversial ingredient – 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.Tomato pomace is also filler. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than dried egg product in the food.


The food does contain a range of fruits/vegetables and a good range of probiotics.


Overall, we are reasonably satisfied with the quality of this product, but would prefer to see more meat in the food. A 4* rating is retained, but at the lower end of this range and supplementing the diet with additional meat should be considered by those using the product.


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