Dog Food Comparisons Know What Is Really In Your Dog's Food When I did dog food comparisons I was literally sick to find out what is really in some dog foods.
I can't remember a time in my life that I did not have a dog.
My current family member is Wags and I love him with all my heart.
I did this research as thoroughly as I could and I will tell you only the truth about what I found.
You need to get used to reading the ingredients and look at how the companies word things.
Or should I say leave things out.
Ex: you will not see heads, feet beaks or unclean intestines, but you might see the words Animal by-products, they are the same thing.
The following compares five main brands of dry dog chow: WELLNESS: All natural, they use whole grains, vegetables, herbs, lamb, fish, herbs, fruits, and deboned chicken in their food.
They offer different food for particular dogs.
Grain free for dogs with allergies, puppy food, adult, senior, small breed and large breed formulas.
Wellness set up a quality control program where professionals go to the different manufacturers that they purchase their ingredients from.
CAN IDAE: A holistic food using fish, meat, whole grains and vegetables.
There is also a food for dogs allergic to grains.
Any item that is purchased from a manufacturer is put through rigid testing before they will allow it to be put in their food.
NATURAL LIFE: The company states they use high quality components and no artificial preservatives and their wheat is grown without pesticides, their dry dog food is made with: chicken meal, yellow corn, natural flavors, dried eggs, fish meal and mineral and vitamins.
PURINA DOG CHOW: the ingredients are as follows, the label says this is a 100% balanced and a complete food, read the label and you decide First ingredients: whole grain corn, poultry by-product, corn gluten meal and added colors, red 4, blue 2, yellow 5, and animal digest.
BENEFUL: Whole grain corn, poultry by-product, corn gluten meal and added colors, red 40, blue 2, yellow 5 and animal digest.
In doing the dog food comparisons I was shocked by what is in dog food.
The holistic or all natural seem to be the better dog foods.
I was not expecting this but it seems to be true.
Read the labels, do your own dog food comparison and see what you think.
According to the regulators of pet food: Chicken meal as the first ingredient is not as good as if a meat (not a meat meal) were the first ingredient.
If the source is unspecified for a "meal" (e.
g.
"Animal" or "Poultry"), the animals used can be obtained from any source.
Animal Digest: "4-D ANIMALS" (Dead, Diseased, Disabled, or Dying prior to slaughter), goats, pigs, horses, rats, Miscellaneous roadkill..
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS are not required to include meat they may include unclean intestines, heads, feet, or beaks.
Anything that is left over after food is taken for human consumption.
I can't remember a time in my life that I did not have a dog.
My current family member is Wags and I love him with all my heart.
I did this research as thoroughly as I could and I will tell you only the truth about what I found.
You need to get used to reading the ingredients and look at how the companies word things.
Or should I say leave things out.
Ex: you will not see heads, feet beaks or unclean intestines, but you might see the words Animal by-products, they are the same thing.
The following compares five main brands of dry dog chow: WELLNESS: All natural, they use whole grains, vegetables, herbs, lamb, fish, herbs, fruits, and deboned chicken in their food.
They offer different food for particular dogs.
Grain free for dogs with allergies, puppy food, adult, senior, small breed and large breed formulas.
Wellness set up a quality control program where professionals go to the different manufacturers that they purchase their ingredients from.
CAN IDAE: A holistic food using fish, meat, whole grains and vegetables.
There is also a food for dogs allergic to grains.
Any item that is purchased from a manufacturer is put through rigid testing before they will allow it to be put in their food.
NATURAL LIFE: The company states they use high quality components and no artificial preservatives and their wheat is grown without pesticides, their dry dog food is made with: chicken meal, yellow corn, natural flavors, dried eggs, fish meal and mineral and vitamins.
PURINA DOG CHOW: the ingredients are as follows, the label says this is a 100% balanced and a complete food, read the label and you decide First ingredients: whole grain corn, poultry by-product, corn gluten meal and added colors, red 4, blue 2, yellow 5, and animal digest.
BENEFUL: Whole grain corn, poultry by-product, corn gluten meal and added colors, red 40, blue 2, yellow 5 and animal digest.
In doing the dog food comparisons I was shocked by what is in dog food.
The holistic or all natural seem to be the better dog foods.
I was not expecting this but it seems to be true.
Read the labels, do your own dog food comparison and see what you think.
According to the regulators of pet food: Chicken meal as the first ingredient is not as good as if a meat (not a meat meal) were the first ingredient.
If the source is unspecified for a "meal" (e.
g.
"Animal" or "Poultry"), the animals used can be obtained from any source.
Animal Digest: "4-D ANIMALS" (Dead, Diseased, Disabled, or Dying prior to slaughter), goats, pigs, horses, rats, Miscellaneous roadkill..
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS are not required to include meat they may include unclean intestines, heads, feet, or beaks.
Anything that is left over after food is taken for human consumption.