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Sat November 19, 2005
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Description:
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Feeding guideline:
A 5 kg dog should be fed 1/2 - 3/4 cups per day.
Metabolisable energy (ME Kcal/kg as served): 3800
INGREDIENTS (Europe):
Chicken meat (25.0%), ground maize, brewers rice, chicken fat, dried beet pulp, dried egg, dehydrated chicken, yeast, hydrolysed chicken liver, flaxseed meal, yeast extract, marigold extract, mint leaves, parsley, dehydrated green tea, dried kelp, L-carnitine, herbs (0.12%) (dried rosemary, dried fenugreek, dried fennel), dried cayenne, dried carob, dried ginger, dried tumeric, rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract.
INGREDIENTS (Nth America):
Chicken meal, ground corn, brewers rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried beet pulp, dried whole egg, lecithin, hydrolysed chicken, yeast culture, chicken flavor, salt, potassium chloride, flaxseed meal, calcium propionate (preservative), yeast extract, citric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, marigold extract, mint leaves, parsley, dehydrated green tea, dried kelp, L-carnitine, dried cayenne, dried carob, dried rosemary, dried fenugreek, dried ginger, dried turmeric, dried fennel, rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), iron proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc methionine complex, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, folic acid, niacin, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement.
TYPICAL ANALYSIS:
Protein 27.3 %
Fat 17.2 %
Fibre 3.8 %
Moisture 9.6 %
Ash 8.3 %
Copper (as copper sulphate) 25 mg/kg
Iron (as ferrous sulphate) 415 mg/kg
Zinc (as zinc oxide) 250 mg/kg
Selenium (as sodium selenite) 0.3 mg/kg
Manganese (as manganous oxide) 60 mg/kg
Omega 6 fatty acids 2.4 %
Omega 3 fatty acids 0.32 %
VITAMIN STATEMENT:
Vitamin A 20,150 I.U./kg
Vitamin D3 1,260 I.U./kg
Vitamin E 115 I.U./kg
Vitamin C 52 mg/kg
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Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
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Review Date: Sat November 19, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
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Pros:
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First ingredient is a named meat product.
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Cons:
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Uses corn, brewers rice and beet pulp as fillers. Insufficient meat products in the food.
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The first ingredient in this food is a named meat source. Unfortunately, the next ingredient is corn. That is a low quality grain that is difficult for dogs to digest and commonly causes allergy problems.
Brewers rice is the third ingredient in the food. It is a low quality grain and by-product.
While this food is not aimed at large breed dogs, it remains a concern to see chicken fat as the third ingredient. Research at Purdue University has identified a fat in the top four ingredients of a dry dog food as a factor that increases the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested.
Beet pulp is another 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 especially so high on the ingredient list. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We appreciate the use of whole eggs, but note the inclusion of yeast culture. This is certainly not a food we would recommend be fed to any animal that suffered allergies or yeast infections.
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