Beneful meets a need for those who can't afford other foods. Is it killing dogs? I doubt it. Would I feed it to mine? Heck no. There is some truth to more expensive foods in a particular brand containing better meats. I would not go buy the cheapest thing available.
By products may sound disgusting and that is why I try to avoid them. They vary greatly in quality. Some is just tissue that humans don't like the taste of while being full of vitamins. Others is not much good and should be avoided.
Generally, dog foods should be about 20-30% protein, 5-15% fat, 5-10% vitamins/minerals, and then where is the rest supposed to come from? Some would say protein. That much protein in a diet is not usually considered safe. So then we go for the carbs. I guess if one doesn't like certain grains, it's fine to avoid them. But I wouldn't be avoiding carbs altogether. So if they do show up first on a list of ingredients, I see no problem with it. They are there in a higher % than the protein and that is not considered a problem. If it's not a high protein food and meat is listed first, then there is probably a significant amount of water still in that meat to make it weigh more than the grain or there are going to be 3-5 grains listed afterwards that when combined would be in the first position.
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