Chicken, Brown Rice, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Barley, Duck Meal, Potatoes, Carrots, Chicken Fat (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols), Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Canola Oil, Brewers Yeast, Salmon Meal, Salmon Oil, Whole Ground Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Spinach, Parsley Flakes, Cranberries, L-Lysine, L-Carnitine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid.
This is the info for Natural Balance Ultra.
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Dog Food Why is NB rated so highly????
Maybe I am reading the Ingredients wrong but from what I learned on these boards (Thanks)...
(1) The first ingredient is Chicken. Great. But it is not "Chiken Meal". That means it is given a higher placing on the ingredients list than it would if the moistur/water were removed.
(2) The second ingredient is Brown Rice. That is good except it is the 2nd ingredient behind the Chicken which has water/moisture counted in it's weight so it is higher on the list.
(3) Lamb Meal is 3rd. Awesome! No issues there.
(4) 4th and 5th are Oatmeal and Barley. Ok but shouldn't there have been more "Meat type Meals" above these?
(5) 6th ingredient is Duck Meal...Great
I guess my main issue/question is why does it seem to have a number of healthy starches above the Meat ingredients on the list?
The Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley 7 Potatoes is what i am refering to.
Shouldn't the first 2 or 3 be "Meal type Meats"????
I really want to understand all this so if I have misunderstood something along the way I want to clear it up.
THANK so much for your thoughts and input.