Chicken meal is good! I would prefer a food that lists chicken, chicken meal and then whatever. The ingredient "chicken" is the same as chicken meal, only chicken meal has the water removed.
The ingredients are listed as human ingredients are, so, if the food has chicken as the first ingredient, they are saying the food has the largest weight of chicken, compared to the other ingredients. However, this is decieving because that "chicken" contains all the water weight. Usually if the ingredients are "chicken, oatmeal, etc." it will actually have more oatmeal in it than chicken (when you take out the water). If the indgredients are "chicken, chicken meal, oatmeal" you know you are getting chicken as the main ingredient, which is what you want!
Also, the chicken is ground up regardless, so even if it says chicken, you are still getting the bone, etc. Which is good for them. Stay away from by-products and animal digest, as well as different types of artifical preservative. |