Since the first ingredient is chicken broth, does that mean we are paying for mostly water?

I don't dislike Ellen or Oprah.

My objection is soley based on the fact...the product she's endorsing is for her financial gain. She's not soley a pet lover...

That aside I wouldn't consider the food simply because it contains grain products. Personally I see all those vegetables as fillers...while it may be organic fillers...it's fillers just the same.

I would never feed a cat this product...it's definitely not benefical food for a cat.

Yes. 82% worth.

i love Ellen..she is so funny! :D
i saw this advertised, somewhere else the other day! ;) her show doesn't come on, here, until 4pm! you get her early! :D

This is the same Halo that they've been selling in Petco for awhile now....at least since I got Bella 7 mo. ago. I went on Petco's website to make sure it was the same thing I have seen every time I'm in there, and it is, but they've jazzed it up now with Ellen on their web page for that food:

Dog Food: Premium Dog Food, Puppy Food. Best Puppy & Dog Food Brands at PETCO

My dad asked me awhile back what I thought about, so I had to check it out to know. Here are the ingredients of the adult one:

Chicken, whole dry egg, pea protein, oats, vegetable broth, pearled barley, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), pea flour, chicken liver, wild salmon, flaxseed, salmon oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), pea fiber, sweet potatoes, apples, blueberries, green beans, carrots, cranberries, zucchini, alfalfa, inulin, calcium sulfate, potassium chloride, salt, taurine, folic acid, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, cobalt proteinate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, choline bitartrate, niacin, pantothenic acid, ascorbic acid, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, calcium iodate, lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacterium longum, enterococcus faecium, lactobacillus plantarum, sodium selenite

They look pretty good to me, with the exception of added salt, which is in about the middle of the list.....I thought manufacturers added salt to increase palatability due to poor ingredients, which doesn't make sense here to me at all??? Anyway, aside from added sodium which little dogs especially don't need, I think it looks like a pretty decent food....comparable to many good ones out there.

Just my 2c...

whoops! For some reason my browser didn't update the page......I see all that has already been touched on :blush:

I hadn't heard of this food before.

It still makes me a nervous wreck - LOL!

Actually those ingrediants read very very closely to Beneful Prepared meals.

Chicken formula...

Water sufficient for processing, chicken, wheat gluten, liver, white rice, green beans, meat by-products, corn starch-modified, carrots, wild rice, artificial and natural flavors, calcium phosphate, salt, soy flour, potassium chloride, added color, tricalcium phosphate, zinc sulfate, choline chloride, Vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, niacin, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, potassium iodide, Vitamin D-3 supplement, folic acid, sodium selenite, biotin

Oh gosh girl, I know...she CRACKS me up LOL. She had a Slanket/Snuggie (one of those huge wrap blanket things) on today and I was just laughing my butt off at her lol :p She was showing clips on today's show of other gadgets and it was just so funny - if you do watch her show today, watch for the one where she is showing a clip of the ear piece thing - I cracked up at that!! I love when she talked about "groceries not being the only junk in the lady's trunk" - LOL!!

Oh and yeah, we do get her early - her show comes on at 11 a.m. here! They also repeat it later in the afternoon :D

Oh my. Poor Brooke. She was only mentioning that Ellen will be on QVC talking about Halo. She didn't suggest that every single person should convert to Halo simply because Ellen is the owner. :p

LOL I so love you Kyle :hug: You are so sweet! Thank you so much! :hug: Yeah....I was only mentioning it because I thought that (some) YT'ers might be interested in watching it since it had to do with dog food - LOL...just thought it would be an interesting watch, that's all :( And, I personally just love Ellen :)

Let me first say that I'm not endorsing this food, rather that it looks to be of above average quality, to me. And let me say that I home cook now, but have fed Wellness, California Natural, and Natural Balance in the past before I started home cooking. (I have a nutritionist who has balanced my home cooking.) Oh, and I also tried Nature's Variety Raw Chicken for just one day, which Bella didn't care for much, but I would have tried it longer had there not been extenuating circumstances.

I don't think they look very close to Beneful's meals at all considering none of the red (flags) are ingredients. "Meat-by-product" takes it entirely out of the same category as Halo to me. I would say that many consider Wellness a quality food, and even though some prefer not to feed grains and some prefer not to feed veggies (though most grain-free diets still include veggies), that is really a preference. Here is the ingredient list for Wellness' Small Breed Adult formula:

Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Salmon Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Brown Rice, Ground Barley, Rye Flour, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Menhaden Fish Meal, Tomato Pomace, Natural Chicken Flavor, Pea Fiber, Tomatoes, Salmon Oil, Ground Flaxseed, Carrots, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Potassium Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite], Vitamins [Beta-Carotene, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative), Chicory Root Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation products.

Halo looks much closer to that to me....

:hug:

i wish these celebritys would stick to what they do & leave pet food alone.

I'm going to watch because i want to see what she has to say.

Me too Lenora! :)

Ellen is on, right now... i was JUST going to come here & tell you how i was CRACKING UP at her Snuggie & ear piece thing....... :yelrotflm then i saw your post... haha! when she said the grocery part... haha i was LAUGHING my BUTT off too!!! :p :p so so funny, girl! :D

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OMG, you saw it!! LOL!!! :laugh: Wasn't that hilarious!! HAHA!! I loved the part about the junk in her trunk :lol tears Toooo funny! But now I feel like an idiot because I wanted one of those Snuggie things - LOL! :laugh: I am always freezing! Although I know I'd look like an idiot in one :p You look like a MONK when you have them on - HAH!!! :D

LOL - I loved the last part of what Kyle said...he cracks me up :D I just love him! :hug:

I sorta agree with this but really they can endorse what they want - and it's not like this food has any by-products in it. It's not an awful food. It may not be up to snuff for some and too expensive for others, or w/e but in the end it's not a terrible food from looking at the ingredient list.

And in the end an educated consumer isn't going to hop on the band wagon just because it has Ellen's name on it. I think us self-educating types deserve more credit...?

I wonder if Ellen will be donating anything to any animal charity from some of her profits? I too love her show and watch all of the time. I most likely won't switch Roxie's food but I will tune into to see what it's all about. :)

That's a good question - I hope she does! :thumbup: There is a guy on HSN that sells pet products and he dontates some of the profits to animal shelters which is really great :)

I love Ellen , though I hardly get to see her show anymore. I will watch her on QVC even if I don't buy the food , she will be worth watching.:D

Awww I agree girl - I just love her! :D

i love ellen also! i can't wait to see this :D

i have tried out the brand, but not sure if it's good
 

i have tried the can food from the halo brand. i put a small spoonful of it on a baby spoon; milu sniffed it and made a disgusted face and backed away from it. :lol tears

i tried it because i saw ellen talk about it before on her show. she said it's human grade and that we can eat it too :p (she said, just add salt) :rolleyes:

anyways, i have no idea if it is a good food or not! :confused:
i think ellen probably became a part owner in the company because ellen is a big animal lover and she wants to help out when it's a good brand that she believes in. i would imagine that she did the research necessary before recommending it and telling everyone that she is a part owner. (because i think that if it turned out to be bad food for pets, she will get A LOT of criticism for it)

that said. ellen is still not a nutritionist, and just because she has good intentions doesn't make her an expert in canine nutrition.

I just saw a commercial today with Rachael Rae (sp.) and she endorses some kind of dog food and does give to charity from the proceeds.

Bumping this up so that noone forgets to watch it today ;)

Yes she sure does - she is another animal lover. I think that's so great that she donates some of the profits :)