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Your Brand of Dog Food
to Life's Abundance Premium Health Food
Favorable
Life's
Abundance
Nutro
Natural Choice
Science
Diet Adult Maintenance
Flint River
Oven Baked Puppy/Adult
Purina One
Adult Chicken & Rice Formula
Purina Beneful
Iams Adult Lamb
Meal & Rice
Eukanuba Adult
Maintenance
Alpo
Unfavorable
Look
at the First 3 Ingredients - They Often Make Up the Principal
Components of a Food
First Three Ingredients
Corn, wheat, gluten &
soy are generally inferior sources of protein. They
are often
difficult to digest & to use by the body. Also can cause G.I.
problems. Meat & bone meal can contain an unknown quantity of
bone, which is an inferior protein.
Chicken
Meal
(hormone & steriod free)
Lamb Meal
Chicken
Chicken Meal
Chicken
Ground Yellow Corn
Lamb Meal
Chicken
Ground Yellow Corn
Ground
Brown Rice
Ground Rice
Corn Meal
Whole Wheat
Flour
Brewers
Rice
Chicken
By-product meal
Brewers
Rice
Chicken Byproduct Meal
Beef & Bone
Meal
Potato
Product
Rice Bran
Ground
Grain Sorghum
Ground Rice
Whole Grain Corn
Corn Gluten Meal
Corn Meal
Corn Meal
Soybean meal
Watch Out for
Harmful Chemicals & Unsavory Byproducts
Preservatives
Can be very harmful
Mixed
Tocopherols
Mixed
Tocopherols
BHA, BHT
Mixed
Tocopherols
Mixed
Tocopherols
>< Mixed
Tocopherols
Mixed
Tocopherols
Mixed
Tocopherols
BHA
By-products
Generally inferior
sources of protein
none
none
yes
none
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Artificial Dyes
Many vets believe they are linked to health problems
none
none
none
none
none
Yellow 5,
Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2
none
none
Red 40
Look for
Powerful Health Promoting Ingredients
Probiotics
Good for Digestive &
Immune System
yes
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
Antioxidants
Vital to Good Health (Grapeseed
Extract powerful source)
yes
Grapeseed
Extract
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Chelated Minerals
Better absorbed
yes
none
none
yes
none
none
none
none
none
Vegetables
Excellent Source of
Antioxidants &
Phytonutrients
yes
none
none
none
none
yes
none
none
none
Food Rating*
10
7
4
7
5
3
5
4
1
Cost to Feed
and Cost Delivered to Your Door
Cost Per Cup
Based on the
number of Cups in Each Bag
$0.29
$0.16
$0.19
$0.29**
$0.17
$0.13
$0.17< d>
$0.21
$0.09
Daily Feeding Amount
Based on 50 lb dog
2 cups
3.5 cups
3.25 cups
2.5 cups**
2.5 cups
3.33 cups
2.5 cups
2 cups
3.5 cups
Daily Cost to Feed
Based on feeding
amounts & # of cups/ bag
$0.59
$0.58
$0.60
$0.72**
$0.42
$0.43
$0.42
$0.43
$0.31
Total Cost
to Feed + Shipping
$0.70
$0.86
$0.86
$0.72
$0.67
$0.67
$0.62
$0.61
$0.59
Food Rating*
10
7
4
7
5
3
5
4
1
*Rating: Each food
starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted for each
unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting
ingredient.
Life's Abundance
Nutro
Natural Choice
Science
Diet Adult Maintenance
Flint River Oven
Baked Puppy/Adult
Purina One
Adult Chicken & Rice Formula
Purina Beneful
Iams Adult Lamb
Meal & Rice
Eukanuba Adult Maintenance
Alpo
*
Rating: Each food starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted
for each unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting
ingredient.
** Includes shipping and cups to feed 45-55 lb. dog.
In most cases, food costs are an average of prices found in
local stores and popular Internet sites. Shipping costs are
an average of three popular Internet sites.
Chart created 2/24/03
