[MarkFromSea]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

That's too bad, they new ingrediants aren't as good as the old.

Old:

Chicken meal, chicken, brown rice, brewers rice, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, dried egg powder, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), natural chicken flavor, dried brewers yeast, brewers rice flour, anchovy oil, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), potassium chloride, flax seed, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, salt, Vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), niacin supplement, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2)], salmon meal, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-carnitine, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rosemary extract, and citric acid.
Yesterday 09:44 AM


New
Chicken meal, brewers rice, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, brewers rice flour, dried beet pulp, natural flavors, wheat gluten, brewers dried yeast, fish oil, sodium silico aluminate, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, L-lysine, fructooligosaccharides, sodium tripolyphosphate, salt, DL-methionine, taurine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], choline chloride, trace minerals (zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), L-carnitine, rosemary extract, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols and citric acid.

Before, the first two ingredients were a quality protein then came a quality carbohydrate, brown rice. Now the carbohydrate is brewers rice, and it's a by product with little nutritional value, it has calories, that's about it.


I'm wondering if the sudden downgrading of RC's foods has anything to do with the fact that in April of this year Mars spent 2.9 billion dollars and bought Procter and Gambles, IAMS, Eukanuba and Natura. That's a lot of money. Financial Services Industry News.Net | Industries News.Net | Global industry news site

LOL My head is spinning! LOL IDK if it's related.... anything is possible! My guess would be that more time would have been needed to make changes like what we are noticing though.

Being an informed customer, whether loyal or fleeting, is a good policy regardless of brand! There is so much to choose from, there's really no reason to settle for something that doesn't give you the warm and fuzzies.