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Tue November 22, 2005
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Description:
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Ingredients:
Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Anchovy & Sardine Meal, Pork Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Whole Ground Barley, Tomato Pomace, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Canola Oil, Dried Apples, Cheese Meal, Dried Carrots, Air Dried Peas, Sun-cured Alfalfa, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Quinoa (Organic), Inulin, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Dried Cranberries, Dried Blueberries, Beta-Carotene, Dandelion (Organic), Garlic, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Choline Chloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Biotin, Rosemary Extract, Inositol, Dehydrated Kelp, Polysaccharide Complexes (sequestered) of Zinc, Iron, Manganese, Copper and Cobalt, Potassium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium, B. Subtillus, Bacillus lichenformis, Bacillus coagulins, Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein min 24%
Crude Fat min 15%
Moisture max 10%
Crude Fiber max 4.9%
Calcium min 1.5%
Phosphorus min 1.1%
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Registered: October 2005 Posts: 3953
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Review Date: Tue November 22, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
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Pros:
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First and fifth ingredients are named meat products.
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Cons:
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Fat in top four ingredients (a bloat risk factor for large breed dogs). Use of controversial filler.
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The first, fifth and sixth ingredients in this food are named meat products, all in meal form. This gives us a reasonable level of confidence that this food contains an adequate amount of meat for a canine.
The main grains, 2nd and 3rd on the ingredient list are brown rice and oatmeal. Both are decent quality.
It is a concern to see chicken fat as the fourth 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 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.
Barley is a decent quality ingredient, although tomato pomace is filler. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than dried egg product in the food. Likewise, the use of fresh apples, peas and carrots rather than dried.
Overall, we are reasonably satisfied with the amount of meat product in the food. Despite the use of controversial fillers like beet pulp, these occur fairly far down the ingredient list and preceding ingredients have been good ones. This food has been given a four-star rating. Nonetheless, we would not recommend feeding it to dogs that suffer allergies and itchy skin.
Note that this food uses citric acid as a preservative and should not be premoistened prior to feeding (a bloat risk factor for large breed dogs).
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