[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by Britster

I see what you're saying. I do agree with you -- I look at company first, then ingredients.... I don't just put aside ingredients either. I do think it's important. Even if a company has a stellar reputation but what are IMO not great ingredients, I'm not going to feed it. Just like a good food can have an astounding ingredient list, but a company that I do not like or trust, I'm still not going to feed it. The Hills Ideal Balance posted above is fine, very typical of most other grain inclusive formulas, but it's not a good representative of SD. Most formulas look like this, so this would be a better overall feel for what most SD foods are. Let me be clear, I'm not talking about their RX foods... talking about the regular SD.

Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Chicken Liver Flavor, Corn Gluten Meal, Flaxseed, Fish Oil, Dried Beet Pulp, Lactic Acid, Powdered Cellulose, Soybean Oil, Natural Flavor, Potassium Citrate, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Iodized Salt, L-Tryptophan, L-Threonine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Carnitine, Phosphoric acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.


I also don't think just because a company has a recall, we should write it off either.

Dole has had quite a few recalls. I still will buy their products. Lots of human food companies are recalled every day and often people have no idea...

So yes, I pick my company first (I feel very few are trustworthy) and all of them are big into marketing one way or another. SD has a huge great marketing team who emphasizes "vet approved", Champion encourages it's "biologically appropriate" food, Fromm has it's "four star meals!" They are all great at convincing us they are the best lol.

I have chosen the one that does feeding trials. Makes me more comfortable.

As for "typical" SD food....I don't think that has anything to do with the price of milk. I said this: I choose a company first and ingredients second and feel I have chosen wisely. I don't honestly care about all of the other foods a company makes...I choose what works for my pups. I am not as convinced as some of you that corn is that bad...but that is a total different topic that I really don't want to get involved in.