Archie loves royal canin, and I know it's not the super premium I should be feeding him, but I feed him super premium wet food (I switch between innova and wellness. I've done a lot of research on food and innova is the best, and wellness is OK) and figure that it's OK if his dry food is not "perfect" as long as he's eating it. Right now, I kinda wanted him to eat other premium dry foods, so he's eating a blend of royal canin and chicken soup for the dog lover's soul (dry).
I have pet food company issues, though. A lot of these super-premium companies are small companies which can be unreliable meaning they can go out of business or stuff is hard to find, and some of their foods can be really inconsistent. Second of all, I have doubts about some of the actual food content. Third of all, I believe that some of them lie. Yes, lie. I found out, for example, that some companies that make super premium foods, also make cheaper brands with questionable meat and are sort of jumping on the "superpremium bandwagon." How do I know that the super premium brand contains the best meat? It's not like I eat the stuff! Plus...it's a little hard for me to believe that they can put such good meat in the stuff and still charge us the same amount of money as the "bad" stuff. Simple economics tells me it's not the best meat, probably a little less beak or hoof in there...
As for the big pet food companies, I don't think I even need to start my gripe on that. So, I'm trying to find some place in the middle, where I feel comfortable. I feel comfortable with Innova. They're big enough and they don't make lesser quality food on the side.
royal canin is not the best, but it's not the worst, either. They have one or two not-the-best ingredients, but it's not three or four not-so-best ones. and chicken soup is good, too. Archie seems to like it but not as much as RC.
I tend to like companies that produce a limited number of brands. RC is manufactured all over the world, so they have to stick to the international standards, and most EU countries have higher standards for meat than the US. Plus, they only make RC and seem to do a lot of research on this stuff. Archie likes the small kibbles, too, and I don't think it's too fattening, but I also take Archie out a lot and he gets loads of exercise. |