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Description: Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed 2.5 Cups - 282.89 g, 1,069.33 Kcal/day


Calorie Content:
3,780 kcal/kg (114 g = 1 cup)
425 kcal/cup (4.0 oz = 1 cup)


Ingredients:
Turkey, chicken, barley, brown rice, potatoes, rice, chicken meal, natural flavors, apples, carrots, cottage cheese, alfalfa sprouts, egg, garlic, sunflower oil, dicalcium phosphate, herring oil, potassium chloride, direct-fed microbials, dried chicory root extract, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, ascorbic acid, lecithin, rosemary extract, vitamins/minerals.


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude Protein (min) 24 %
Crude Fat (min) 10 %
Crude Fiber (max) 5.5 %
Moisture (max) 10 %
Linoleic Acid (Omega-6 Fatty Acid) (min) 1.91 %
Vitamin E (min) 1000 IU/kg
Vitamin C (min) 86 mg/kg
Glucosamine (min) 573 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (min) 485 mg/kg
Total Microorganisms (min) 90,000,000 CFU/lb


Typical analysis:
Moisture 7.5 %
Protein 24.21 %
Fat 10.21 %
Linoleic Acid 1.91 %
Omega 3 0.74 %
Carbohydrates 48.91 %
Fiber 3.68 %
Ash 5.5 %
Calcium 0.88 %
Phosphorous 0.77 %
Magnesium 0.12 %
Sodium 0.15 %
Potassium 0.6 %
Chloride 0.28 %
Iron 190 mg/kg
Zinc 264 mg/kg
Copper 20 mg/kg
Iodine 2.5 mg/kg
Manganese 33 mg/kg
Selenium 0.41 mg/kg
Arginine 1.66 %
Histidine 0.45 %
Isoleucine 0.82 %
Leucine 1.32 %
Lysine 1.48 %
Methionine 0.52 %
Met-Cysteine 0.79 %
Phenylalanine 0.93 %
Phe-Tyrosine 1.62 %
Threonine 0.88 %
Tryptophan 0.22 %
Valine 1.06 %
Taurine 0.06 mg/kg
Choline 1987 mg/kg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 5.64 mg/kg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 6.23 mg/kg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 49 mg/kg
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 4.89 mg/kg
Folic Acid 26.1 mg/kg
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) 21 mg/kg
Biotin 2.07 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) 95 ug/kg
Vitamin A 21091 IU/kg
Vitamin C 86 mg/kg
Vitamin D 2083 IU/kg
Vitamin E 1251 IU/kg
Vitamin K 301 ug/kg
Glucosamine 707 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate 578 mg/cup
ME 3780 kcal/kg


Nutritional statement:
Animal Feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Innova Senior Plus Dry Dog Food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance.



Editors

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 two ingredients are named meat products
Cons: Insufficient meat content

The first two ingredients in this food are named meat products but are inclusive of water content (around 80%). Once this is removed as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredients will weigh about 20% of their wet weight. As ingredients are listed in weight order, it is thus unlikely that these are truely the first and third ingredients in the food, but would be more accurately placed further down the ingredient list. The seventh ingredient, chicken meal, is most likely the true first meat ingredient in the food.


The third, fourth and sixth ingredients are grains. Barley and oats are decent quality grains and good carbohydrate sources. Potatoes are further carbohydrates and starch. Pea fiber is primarily filler. This food appears rather heavy in grains and light in meat content.


The food does contain a range of fruits/vegetables and probiotics. We appreciate the inclusion of whole eggs. This food has been rated 4* on the strength of good quality ingredients, but it suffers a great deal from lack of meat content and we would suggest that this be supplemented by meat if fed.


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