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Originally Posted by momofreese My vet is insisting on putting Reese on Hills prescription RD dry food. She said that it is healthier than Wellness and most other store available foods. When I read the ingredients online they seem to be horrible.
I had always been told or so I thought that any dog food with the first ingredient being corn meal is terrible. Of course that is the first ingredient. Also it seems filled with by products which wellness and others aren't.
Can someone please tell me other than greed, which I hope my vet isn't, would they advise this prescription only food. Secondly the nurse who works there told me that IAMs is just as good, weight reduction and is half the price.
Please help me figure this out and let me know if the hills RD prescription seems so much better than others, if even.
HILLS RD
Ingredients
Corn meal, peanut hulls 28.2% (a source of fiber), chicken by-product meal, soybean meal, soybean mill run, chicken liver flavor, dried egg product, vegetable oil, taurine, L-carnitine, preserved with BHT, BHA and ethoxyquin, minerals (salt, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta-carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).
Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)
Dry 2699 kcal/kg (220 kcal/per cup ² )
¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content.
² An eight fluid oz. measuring cup of Canine r/d® contains 2.9 oz. by weight.
Average Nutrient Contents
Nutrient
Nutrient Guarantee
% As Fed1
% Dry Matter2
% As Fed, Caloric Basis3
g/100 kcal
Protein 20.0 min 22.8 25.1 8.4
Fat 5.5 min 7.9 8.7 2.9
Carbohydrate (NFE) 34.5 37.9 12.8
Crude Fiber 26.0 max 21.1 23.2 7.8
mg/100 kcal3
Calcium 0.50 min 0.60 0.66 222
Phosphorus 0.35 min 0.49 0.54 182
Sodium 0.27 0.30 100
Potassium 0.73 0.80 270
Magnesium 0.122 0.134 45
Carnitine 200 ppm min 279 ppm 307 ppm 10
¹Differs from label guarantees which are either maximums or minimums.
²The nutrient in the product after moisture is removed. It is used to make direct comparisons of nutrient profiles of products with differing moisture contents.
³Nutrient intake for every 100 kilocalories consumed.
IAMs store bought weight reduction
Ingredients
Ingredients
Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Fish Meal, Chicken, Dried Beet Pulp (Sugar Removed), Chicken Fat (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Ground Whole Grain Barley, Natural Chicken Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Flax Meal, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), DL-Methionine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Fish Oil (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Choline Chloride, L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract
Caloric Distribution
Protein 22%...Fat 27%...Carbohydrate 51%
Guaranteed Analysis
Nutrient (percent)
Crude Protein not less than 20.0%
Crude Fat not less than 10.0%
Crude Fat not more than 12.5%
Crude Fiber not more than 5.0%
Moisture not more than 10.0%
L-Carnitine not less than 30 mg/kg*
Omega-6 Fatty Acids not less than 2.00%*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids not less than 0.20%*
* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile.
Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Iams® Weight Control Formula provides complete and balanced nutrition for Maintenance.
Manufactured under U.S. Patent No. 5,616,569 and 5,932,258; other US and foreign patents pending.
Feeding Guidelines
Weight (lbs) Weight Maintenance (cups/day) Weight Loss (cups/day)
3 1/3 1/3
10 3/4 2/3
20 1 1/4 1 1/4
30 1 2/3 1 1/2
40 2 1 3/4
50 2 1/3 2
These guideline amounts are a starting point and your pet may need more food depending on age, activity and temperament. In order to reach optimal body condition, you may need to adjust food intake. This represents the total recommended volume of food per day. You should divide the total recommended feeding amount by the number of times you feed your pet per day to get the actual portion size per feeding.
Thanks once again for your help. |