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04-06-2007, 08:28 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Macomb, Illinois
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| Dog Food Grading I don't know if this has been posted before, but I found this interesting My boyfriend found it on his Doberman forum, so I thought I would share for our Yorkies! I couldn't find all types of dog food on here, but you get the idea. DOG FOOD GRADES Dog Food scores: Alpo Prime Cuts - Score 81 C Artemis Large/Medium Breed Puppy - Score 114 A+ Authority Harvest Baked - Score 116 A+ Authority Harvest Baked Less Active - Score 93 B Beowulf Back to Basics - Score 101 A+ Bil-Jac Select - Score 68 F Blackwood 3000 Lamb and Rice - Score 83 C Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice - Score 106 A+ Burns Chicken and Brown Rice - Score 107 A+ Canidae - Score 112A+ 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 Diamond Performance - Score 85 C Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium - Score 122 A+ Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Venison & Brown Rice - Score 106 A+ Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato - Score 106 A+ EaglePack Holistic - Score 102 A+ Eukanuba Adult - Score 81 C Eukanuba Puppy - Score 79 C Flint River Senior - Score 101 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+ Innova Large Breed Puppy - Score 122 A+ Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, & Vegetables - Score 110 A+ Member's Mark Chicken and Rice - Score 84 C Merrick Wilderness Blend - Score 127 A+ Nature's Recipe - Score 100 A Nature's Recipe Healthy Skin Venison & Rice - Score 116 A+ Nature's Variety Raw Instinct - Score 122 A+ Nutra Nuggets Super Premium Lamb Meal and Rice - Score 81C Nutrience Junior Medium Breed Puppy - Score 101 A+ Nutrisource Lamb and Rice - Score 87 B Nutro Max Adult - Score 93 B Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice - Score 98 A Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy - Score 87B Nutro Natural Choice Puppy Wheat Free - Score 86 B Nutro Natural Choice Senior - Score 95 A Nutro Ultra Adult - Score 104 A+ Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice - Score 23 F Premium Edge Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Adult dry - Score 109 A+ Pro Nature Puppy - Score 80 C Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach - Score 94 A Purina Beniful - Score 17 F Purina Dog - Score 62 F Purina Come-n-Get It - Score 16 F Purina One Large Breed Puppy - Score 62 F Royal Canin Boxer - Score 103 A+ Royal Canin Bulldog - Score 100 A+ Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult - Score 106 A+ Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ - Score 63 F Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies - Score 69 F Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice - Score 97 A Solid Gold - Score 99 A Summit - Score 99 A Timberwolf Organics Wild & Natural Dry - Score 120 A+ Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken - Score 110 A+ Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold - Score 97 A This is how the grades were determined: 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 rain 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", brewer's rice", "rice flour" are all thesame 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 3 points 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 isn't allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't 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 goup 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. So what's your dog food grade? |
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04-06-2007, 08:33 AM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Franklin, TN
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| we feed maggie royal canin and it looks like it gets a good grade. i have been very happy with it so far.
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04-06-2007, 08:39 AM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Macomb, Illinois
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| I feed Maizee and Jerzee Canidae and it gets a pretty good grade. My friends feed their Great Danes Purina and it got a 17! I think they better switch! |
04-07-2007, 10:24 PM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia
Posts: 261
| I used to feed the Spice Kids Iams--a D. No wonder I switched to Kirklands! Which, while it isn't expensive, still rated an A+. And the kids love it, which is also important.
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10-22-2007, 06:05 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kelowna, BC
Posts: 87
| Nutrience: HOLISTIC Alternative Maintenance Small breed - Score 105 A+ Grading: 94-100+ = A 86-93 = B 78-85 = C 70-77 = D 69 = F Last edited by Bird; 10-22-2007 at 06:07 PM. |
10-22-2007, 06:24 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kelowna, BC
Posts: 87
| I was actually quite surprised by Royal Canin...I buy Nutrience now. Royal Canin: Mini Yorkshire 28 - Score 95 A Royal Canin: Mini Indoor Adult - Score 91 B Grading: 94-100+ = A 86-93 = B 78-85 = C 70-77 = D 69 = F Last edited by Bird; 10-22-2007 at 06:25 PM. |
10-22-2007, 06:31 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 479
| We feed Sugar the Kirklands but I was thinking of switching because I looked it up on another food rating site and it was a 3 star food. One thing from the review was talking about beet pulp and the Kirklands has beet pulp in it. Hmmm, she does great on it, do I switch it based on the other site or keep feeding it based on it's A+ score on this one?
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10-22-2007, 06:36 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southern California
Posts: 234
| I am feeding Royal Canin and have heard some not so good things about it on here. I feel a lot better now. I even tried to switch, but she wouldn't eat it so we went back to Royal Canin.
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12-01-2007, 09:43 AM | #9 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| I saw Dick Van Patten with another star, eating his dog food in the warehouse. The other guy loved it. Dick says people can eat the dog food because it has all natural ingredients, isn't made in a rendering plant, but actually made in a big kitchen. I'd like to read "all" the ingredients in his dog food before I believe it would never cause any health problems. Most of the ingredients in dog food you can't even pronounce, and I'd never feed my dogs anything that I did not know what it was. The people who make dog food can and do list whatever they want on the package but it doesn't make it truth! |
12-01-2007, 11:07 AM | #10 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| Very interesting post. I feel better knowing I'm feeding a good food.
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12-01-2007, 11:29 AM | #11 |
Love my Furbutt Koda Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Wow, this is very interesting! thanks for the useful information. |
12-02-2007, 12:06 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: So Ca
Posts: 2,376
| Rockie eats the Royal Canin, I have no complaints so far its been ok. |
12-02-2007, 04:38 AM | #13 |
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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| We're feeding Nature's Recipe Easy to Digest and it look like the other two listed got good scores... I think we're safe!
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12-02-2007, 10:01 PM | #14 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plano, Texas
Posts: 37
| I buy Royal Canin now and OMG I love it so much. This is the ONLY dog food my puppies will eat. It's expensive, but they love it and stop begging me for food at the dinner table. I swear by this food! thanks for the post! |
12-12-2007, 06:27 PM | #15 | |
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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| Quote:
I really love the food their on and they love it too. Chip is constantly banging on the bag for more.
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