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02-18-2007, 07:53 AM | #1 |
Little Bit & Buttons Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: US
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| Dog Food Rating Seems like we have had a lot of questons on dog food lately so thought this might be of interest to some of you Quote: How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (I.e. "ground brown rice", "brewers rice", "rice flour" are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8 ) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points 9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points 8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken" and "" as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free, add 1 point Quote: Score: 94-100+ = A 86-93 = B 78-85 = C 70-77 = D 69 and below = F Here are some foods that have already been scored. Dog Food scores: Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+ Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F Canidae / Score 112 A+ Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+ Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A **** Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+ **** Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+ Foundations / Score 106 A+ Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 B Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D Innova Dog / Score 114 A+ Innova Evo / Score 114 A+ Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+ Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+ Purina Beneful / Score 17 F Purina Dog / Score 62 F Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+ Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+ Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+ Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A __________________ I rotate Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul and Canidae as I have also read that it was good to try to switch their food every 3 months or so to cut down on allergies. Hope this helps! |
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02-18-2007, 10:14 AM | #2 |
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| This is cool, thanks! I'm in the process of switching Yuki's food and I'm not quite sure what brand I'm going to switch to as of yet. This certainly helps! |
02-20-2011, 03:01 PM | #3 |
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| I just did Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Chicken & Rice and it got 104, yay! I was worried because I saw that one of the Diamond foods only scored in the 60's. Now I can officially recommend it ..."Princess" is super picky when it comes to dog food & treats, and she loves this! |
02-21-2011, 04:23 PM | #4 |
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| Thanks for this thread. Very informative. I was reading the specs on Blue Buffalo and when we went to do our Sunday Costco run, I noticed the Kirklands chicken and rice for small dogs. So I pulled up the Blue Buffalo chicken and rice for small dogs on my phone and compared ingredients. I was amazed they were pretty "dog" gone close. The first two ingredients were spot on. Then there were a couple of ingredients that exchanged places, but were still equal as far as part of the mix. Then it kept on going right on down the line. So I took a shot at a bag and Buddy went crazy over it. I did an equal mix of his old brand that came with him from the rescue folks and the new bag. He is going to be eating the mix for a week before he switches over. I've been reading reviews on this product and as I mentioned earlier, I take things with a grain of salt. It's up to Buddy to display reasons to love it or not. So far, he's active, happy and he's going to the bathroom very healthy. We shall see! |
03-17-2011, 06:41 AM | #5 |
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| Great thread! Thanks!!
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03-17-2011, 08:00 AM | #6 |
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| Wow! I have been feeding Diamond Adult Maintenance as it is what Beamer's breeder recommended. We just bought a 50lb bag a couple of weeks ago too. (50 lbs is the only size the local feed store carries) Maybe when we run out of it we will switch to one of the higher rated foods. But Beamer and Lil Bit are doing well on it.
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03-17-2011, 03:56 PM | #7 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
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| I have used this rating system in the past and prefer it to the starred rating system usually advocated. The problem with the site that rates by stars is that they are not taking into account different breeds and diet concerns. For example, only foods with very high protein levels are rated as 6 stars- while I never recommend feeding such a high protein food to a yorkie without first have a bile acid test run and even then I don't really like it. This rating system allows for lower protein foods to be graded well.
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03-17-2011, 05:48 PM | #8 | |
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03-17-2011, 08:15 PM | #9 |
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| So Iams Smart Puppy scores fairly well then? Got a little cross-eyed reading the ingredients list. I guessed 88 because there were no abbreviations (BHTs, etc) in the list and I don't know what I'm looking at.
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03-17-2011, 08:32 PM | #10 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
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| I got 85/C which makes it an average food- which to me means, not great or even really good quality but not the worst thing on the market- which is pretty much how I would classify the food even without a ratings system.
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03-17-2011, 08:36 PM | #11 |
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| Ah, ok. Thank you!
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