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Description: Ingredients:
Lamb Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Citric Acid and Rosemary Extract), Dried Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Brewers Dried Yeast, Rice Bran, Dried Egg Product, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Air Dried Peas and Carrots, and Wellness For Life Custom Supplements: Inulin/Prebiotics, glucosamine hydrochloride, rosemary extract, aqua-c, enzymes, kelp, DFM's/Probiotics, yucca, omega-health SQM enhanced vitamin and mineral system.

Guaranteed Analysis:
Protein 22%
Fat 15%
Moisture 10%
Fiber 4%


Preservatives:
All Eagle Pack Super Premium formulas are naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols, citric acid and rosemary extract.



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Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
Review Date: Tue November 22, 2005 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: Not Indicated | Rating: 0 

 
Pros: First ingredient is a named meat product.
Cons: Insufficient meat product, use of controversial filler, fat in the top four ingredients (a bloat risk factor for large breed dogs).

The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product, in meal form. It is the sole meat product in the food.


The main grains are rice and oatmeal, both of which 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.


Rice bran is also filler. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than dried egg product in the food. Likewise, the use of fresh peas and carrots rather than dried.


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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