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Wed January 9, 2008
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supersize
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Description:
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Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed approx. 1 5/7 cups
Calculated Calories:
Per Pound 2,166.15 cal
Per 8 oz measuring cup 796.46 cal
Ingredients:
Chicken Meal, White Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (Select Grade), Lard (the finest land-based source of the longest chain Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids), Safflower Oil, Beef Meat & Bone Meal, Chicken By-Products Meal (Highest Quality), Beef Fat, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chlorise, Undefatted Beef Liver (Human Grade), Flaxseed Oil (Organic), Salt (Sodium Chloride), Natural Flavor, Mendaden Fish Fat, d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Source of natural Vitamin E), Ferrous Sulfate, Amino Acid Supplement, Magnesium Oxide, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Zinc Oxide, Vitamin A Acetate, Inositol, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Manganese Sulfate, Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3), Citrus Bioflavanoid Complex, Stomach Substance, Cupfic Oxide, Riboflavin, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Phytonadione (Vitamin K1), Cobalt Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Biotin, Cyanocobalamin Concentrate (Vitamin B12).
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein not less than 32.4%
Crude Fat not less than 28.9%
Crude Fiber not more than 1%
Moisture not more than 5.6%
Linoleic Acid not less than 5%
Calcium min 2.25% max 2.60%
Phosphorus min 1.8% max 2.4%
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Editors
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
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Review Date: Wed January 9, 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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first and third ingredients are named meat products
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Cons:
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Byproducts, byproducts of unidentifiable origin, low quality fat,
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The first and third ingredients in this food are named meat products, in meal form. The second of these is a fish meal product, but we are unable to locate any guarantee on the manufacturer's website that the protein ingredients used in the food are free of ethoxyquin (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative, commonly added to fish ingredients, but that is banned or heavily regulated in human food production due to the belief that it is carcinogenic).
Two further meat related products are both by-products. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products, and these ingredients may include 4-D and other condemned meats. Chicken by-product meal is defined by AAFCO as "consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice. Meat and bone meal is an extremely low quality product of unidentifiable origin and something we would go to great lengths to avoid in any dog food. It is defined as "the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices".
White rice is the main grain in the food, and is of decent quality. Lard, however, is a low quality fat. It is the rendered fat of pigs, of similar quality to tallow. We note the inclusion of synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems. The manufacturer does not disclose the nature of the preservatives used in this product.
Overall, this product probably contains a reasonable amount of meat-related products, but makes prolific use of very low quality and unidentifiable source ingredients. The food has been rated accordingly.
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