The main ingredient of Nutri-cal and the actual ingredient that helps is corn syrup. Corn syrup is sugar that is made from corn. The reason it’s used is because it gets into the blood stream faster than other types of sugar. While Nutri-cal has a few vitamins thrown in, they do nothing to help with hypoglycemia and are more for consumers who want to give their dogs something nutritious, so it “sounds” better. Products like nutri-cal are great if your dog is prone to hypoglycemia, but shouldn't be overused. Most dogs will never need it. The GNC Ultra Mega High Calorie Booster has a more honest name, and its main ingrediant is corn syrup, but it would probably be much cheaper to just use plain old Karo's white corn syrup and rub a little bit on the gums or roof of the moth. By the way, reviews of the chicken flavor GNC Ultra Mega High Calorie Booster were not good, everyone that I read, said that their dogs hated it. Do not give any of these products to your dogs just for the heck of it, it's for treating hypoglycemia and because hypoglycemic dogs often lose their appetite, a little sugar or corn syrpu can stimulate the appetite and cause the dogs to eat. |