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Description: Feeding guideline:
The standard amount of Azmira dry to feed is one level cup per 25 pounds of body weight per day (split into two feedings). This means a 50 pound dog would receive 2 cups (one cup on the morning and one cup in the evening).


Ingredients:
Beef Meal, Whole Ground Barley, Oatmeal, Whole Ground Grain Sorghum, Flax Seed, Canola Oil, Alfalfa Meal, Fish Meal, Natural Flavors, Dehydrated Carrots, Apple Pomace, Potassium Chloride, Garlic Powder, Dried Kelp, Choline Chloride, DI-methionine, Mixed Tocopherols (natural antioxidant), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin Supplements (E,A,B2,B12,D3), Niacin, Calcium Ascorbate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Inositol, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Biotin, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Cobalt Proteinate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium SeleniteClassic


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude Protein - 22% min
Crude Fiber - 4% max
Crude Fat - 8% min
Moisture - 10 % max
Calcium - 1.5% min
Phosphorus - 1% min
Linoleic Acid - 2% min



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Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
Review Date: Mon November 21, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: Not Indicated | Rating: 0 

 
Pros: First ingredient is a named meat product.
Cons: Insufficient meat products, use of fillers.

The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product in meal form. There is a further meat product (fish meal) as the 8th ingredient, but this is unlikely to make up a significant portion of the food (ingredients are listed in order of weight). We note that the manufacturer states that it does not add chemical preservatives to its products but does not specifically state that it uses ethoxyquin-free fish sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic). The manufacturer is only required to disclose preservatives it adds itself, not those added before receipt of ingredients.


The main grains are barley and oatmeal, both decent quality. Sorghum is a carbohydrate source low in digestibility. We consider it primarily filler. Apple pomace is the fibrous remains of juiced apples (also filler).


Overall, the main concern with this food is low meat content. It appears to be a grain-heavy product.


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