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Wed January 2, 2008
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Description:
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Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed 2-3 cups
Ingredients:
Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Meal, Ground Oats, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate), Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Fish Meal, Chicken Cartilage (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Natural Chicken Flavor, Alfalfa Meal, Lecithin, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Choline Chloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin A Supplement, DL-Methionine, Niacin, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Sodium Selenite.
Analysis:
Crude Protein (min) 18.00%;
Crude Fat (min) 10.00%;
Crude Fiber (max) 5.00%;
Moisture (max) 10.00%;
Calcium (min) 1.00%;
Phosphorus (min) 0.80%;
Omega-6 Fatty Acids (min) 2.57%*;
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min) 0.50%*;
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (min) 25 mg/lb*; Glucosamine (min) 350 mg/kg*;
Chondroitin sulfate (min) 275 mg/kg*
(*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile.)
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Editors
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
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Review Date: Wed January 2, 2008
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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, controversial filler
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The first ingredient, and the majority of the food, is grain. Rice is a decent quality grain, but still a grain which is an unnatural foodstuff for canines. Instead, dog foods should be based on meat. There are two further grains in the top five ingredients. Barley is good quality but rice bran is a grain fragment we consider to be primarily filler.
The first and only significant meat ingredient in this food is the second ingredient, in meal form. A further meat meal ingredient is 9th on the ingredient list, but this is too far down to make a substantial contribution to the meat content of this food. This is a fish meal ingredient, but We find no guarantee on the manufacturers website that protein sources are ethoxyquin-free (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. 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 would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.
Overall, our concern with this product is primarily in its limited meat content, and users may consider supplementing the diet with meat. We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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