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Originally Posted by tammy8833 i dont know if it is true or not but i heard kibbles was not healthy at all.. i was using eukanuba but know i use pedigree puppy and that is pretty good stuff and not at all expsensive at walmart big bag is 8.00 |
Kibbles and Bits are not the best for sure, but neither is Pedigree. Look for comparison sites online and it is easier to make a choice. Here are some examples; two economy brands and three premium brands. I had to list adult foods as I did not have all the info on each brand's puppy food but you can easily get the idea. Remember that each ingredient is listed in order of percentage of content. So, you can usually look at the first 5-10 ingredients and know if you want to feed it to your dog. Too much corn or wheat is a red flag. Look for foods that say they have human grade contents. I know I would not want to eat chicken byproduct meal .... uck!
Pedigree - Complete Nutrition Dry Food for Adult Dogs
1. Ground Yellow Corn
2. Meat Meal/Meat & Bone Meal
3. Corn Gluten Meal
4. Chicken Byproduct Meal
5. Animal Fat
6. BHA/BHT
7. Wheat Mill Run/Middlings
8. Natural Poultry Flavor
9. Rice
10. Wheat Flour
11. Salt
12. Caramel Color
13. Vegetable Oil
14. Vitamins/Minerals
15. Choline Chloride
Kibbles 'n Bits Original
1. Whole Corn
2. Soybean Meal
3. Wheat Flour
4. Beef & Bone Meal
5. Animal Fat
6. BHA/BHT
7. Corn Syrup
8. Wheat Mill Run/Middlings
9. Water
10. Animal Digest
11. Salt
12. Potassium Chloride
13. Caramel Color
14. Sorbic Acid
15. Vitamins/Minerals
16. Choline Chloride
17. Artificial Flavor/Color
18. DL-Methionine
Innova Dog (This is the one we are using now)
1. Turkey
2. Chicken
3. Chicken Meal
4. Ground Barley
5. Ground Brown Rice
6. Potatoes
7. Natural Flavors
8. Ground White Rice
9. Chicken Fat
10. Herring
11. Apples
12. Carrots
13. Cottage Cheese
14. Sunflower Oil
15. Alfalfa Sprouts
16. Egg
17. Garlic
18. Taurine
19. Choline Chloride
20. Calcium Carbonate
21. Vitamins/Minerals
22. Viable Naturally Occurring Microorganisms
Canidae - All Life Stages Formula
1. Chicken Meal
2. Turkey Meal
3. Ground Brown Rice
4. Ground White Rice
5. Lamb Meal
6. Chicken Fat
7. Herring Meal
8. Flaxseed
9. Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal
10. Sunflower Oil
11. Chicken
12. Lecithin
13. Choline Chloride
14. Linoleic Acid
15. Rosemary Extract
16. Sage Extract
17. Inulin
18. Yucca Schidigera
19. Vitamins/Minerals
20. Sodium Selenite
21. Papaya
Royal Canin Medium Breed Adult 25 Formula
1. Chicken Meal
2. Brown Rice
3. Rice
4. Oatmeal/Rolled Oats
5. Chicken Fat
6. Natural Chicken Flavor
7. Chicken
8. Corn Gluten Meal
9. Catfish Meal
10. Dried Beet Pulp
11. Brewer's Dried Yeast
12. Salmon Oil
13. Soya Oil
14. Dried Egg
15. Brewers Yeast Extract
16. Vitamins/Minerals
17. Choline Chloride
18. DL-Methionine
19. L-Carnitine
20. Dried Spinach
21. Sage
22. Basil
As you can see there is a huge difference! Try to stick with the premium foods like Canidae, Innova, Blue Buffalo, Chicken Soup fo rthe Puppy Lover's Soul, Natural Balance, Wellness, Flint River, Solid Gold, Life's Abundance, Timberwolf, ... I know I am missing some but you get the idea.
I have also read some excellent advice about either mixing a couple or switching every 3 months or so to really get a well-rounded nutrition. That made sense to me.