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Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus  Hmm I will look at that. So basically it just gives them a reason to overprice food? |
Wellness is not overpriced. It's fairly average as far as good quality dog foods go. The main difference is the carbohydrate source.
What's really expensive are the commercial "raw" diets. Part of that is marketing, since it's a trendy fad. Part of that is the greater care it takes to sterilize food without cooking it--it's difficult, but it can be done. And the greater difficulty of nutritionally balancing "raw" dog foods since the potential list of ingredients is smaller. And insurance and liability issues too, I imagine. And many of them are small start-ups and can't afford to have a nutritionist on staff. There are a few commercial raw dog food companies that are good--I researched this earlier this year--but their foods are definitely more expensive.