Originally Posted by Bird (Post 1504703)

Everything in Red is Bad
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Here are the ingredients in CESARS ENTREE PUPPY:

INGREDIENTS:
Sufficient water for processing, beef by-products, meat by-products, poultry by-products, liver, chicken, beef, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium chloride, carrageenan, dried yam, caramel coloring, xanthan gum, natural flavors, salt, erythorbic acid, dl-methionine, guar gum, zinc sulfate, biotin, vitamin A, D3 and E suppliments, sodium nitrate, D-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, potassium iodine.

The first 4 main ingredients are BY PRODUCTS.

By products: Everything that is left behind after all the meat has been removed for human consumption. By products are ground slaughtered meat carcass parts such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, bones, heads, beaks, and intestines (and a small amount of feathers in the case of chicken meat).
In many cases, by-product meals are derived from "4-D" meat sources -- defined as food animals that have been rejected for human consumption because they were presented to the meat packing plant as "Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled." The quality of animal meat by-products also tends to be very inconsistent between batches.

Meat by-products are commonly found in lower-grade pet foods and even many of the larger name brands, including Science Diet (even their prescription diet product line), Purina (both Purina One and Purina Pro Plan), and Iams / Eukanuba. Ingredients listed as "meat, beef, chicken, and/or poultry by-products" on pet food labels are not required to include actual meat, and "rendered meat" on labels can refer to any rendered mammal meat, including dogs and cats.

A new category of pet food typically marketed as holistic, wellness, organic, ultra healthy, and/or simply premium pet food often emphasizes the use of human-grade meat sources only, with no animal meat by-products of any kind. Examples of such pet foods include Blue Buffalo, Flint River Ranch, Life's Abundance, Nutro Ultra Holistic, Pet Promise, Timberwolf Organicsand Evanger's.
The fact that it says non specific by products such as poultry and meat instead of chicken is even worse. By products are just fillers and contain no nutritional value.

Sodium tripolyphosphate: Is a chemical that is used to retain moisture to increase the sale weight. It is hazardous. Neurotoxicant.
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CESAR is all about Marketing. Make the food look luxurious....create a rich look with the "Maggie" dog and the beautiful girl that owns her...
You think well, it looks so good...Their logo is "Devoted to small dogs".
Theyre all about making money they dont give a crap about small dogs. If they did...Every single one of their food wouldn't contain BY PRODUCTS. Something that Humans dont eat.

I think CESARS is worse than the equivalent of McDonalds. At least McDonalds is actually made with Human grade meats.

You love your dog. After you've read this do you ACTUALLY want to feed this to your baby? If you answer yes then I dont care if I hurt your feelings or not...So SHAME ON YOU

Originally Posted by Bird (Post 1504703)

Everything in Red is Bad
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________
Here are the ingredients in CESARS ENTREE PUPPY:

INGREDIENTS:
Sufficient water for processing, beef by-products, meat by-products, poultry by-products, liver, chicken, beef, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium chloride, carrageenan, dried yam, caramel coloring, xanthan gum, natural flavors, salt, erythorbic acid, dl-methionine, guar gum, zinc sulfate, biotin, vitamin A, D3 and E suppliments, sodium nitrate, D-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, potassium iodine.

The first 4 main ingredients are BY PRODUCTS.

By products: Everything that is left behind after all the meat has been removed for human consumption. By products are ground slaughtered meat carcass parts such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, bones, heads, beaks, and intestines (and a small amount of feathers in the case of chicken meat).
In many cases, by-product meals are derived from "4-D" meat sources -- defined as food animals that have been rejected for human consumption because they were presented to the meat packing plant as "Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled."

Meat by-products are commonly found in lower-grade pet foods and even many of the larger name brands, including Science Diet (even their prescription diet product line), Purina (both Purina One and Purina Pro Plan), and Iams / Eukanuba. Ingredients listed as "meat, beef, chicken, and/or poultry by-products" on pet food labels are not required to include actual meat, and "rendered meat" on labels can refer to any rendered mammal meat, including dogs and cats. Those brands are huge on Marketing and thats why you get convinced into buying them.

A new category of pet food typically marketed as holistic, wellness, organic, ultra healthy, and/or simply premium pet food often emphasizes the use of human-grade meat sources only, with no animal meat by-products of any kind. Examples of such pet foods include Blue Buffalo, Flint River Ranch, Life's Abundance, Nutro Ultra Holistic, Pet Promise, Timberwolf Organicsand Evanger's.
The fact that it says non specific by products such as poultry and meat instead of chicken is even worse. By products are just fillers and contain no nutritional value.

Sodium tripolyphosphate: Is a chemical that is used to retain moisture to increase the sale weight. It is hazardous. Neurotoxicant.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________

CESAR is all about Marketing. Make the food look luxurious....create a rich look with the "Maggie" dog and the beautiful girl that owns her...
You think well, it looks so good...Their logo is "Devoted to small dogs".
Theyre all about making money they dont give a crap about small dogs. If they did...Every single one of their food wouldn't contain BY PRODUCTS. Something that Humans dont eat.

I think CESARS is worse than the equivalent of McDonalds. At least McDonalds is actually made with Human grade meats.

You love your dog. After you've read this do you ACTUALLY want to feed this to your baby? If you answer yes then I dont care if I hurt your feelings or not...So SHAME ON YOU

Originally Posted by Shadow (Post 1504726)

:thumbdown :thumbdown No need to shame her!

Originally Posted by Breezeaway (Post 1504907)

Just WOW!!!! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but dont berate someone because they feed Cesars. Dogs that are outside dogs and run loose consume much worse in their lifetime.

Originally Posted by tumismom (Post 1504936)

my girls are rotating between raw, canidae canned food, canidae kibbles. i don't want them to just eat one kind everyday so i rotate them and the are doing really well. i wouldn't fee RC or cesar. imo anyway! My girls really like RAW and especially raw advantage chicken dinner. or i go to my local gourmet butcher that sells organic rabbit or chicken raw food. they love their raw!

Originally Posted by Breezeaway (Post 1504962)

Sodium tripolyphosphate is used in various applications such as a preservative for seafood, meats, poultry and pet foods. It is also used in toothpaste and as a builder in soaps and detergents, improving their cleansing ability. The United States Food and Drug Administration lists STPP as "generally recognized as safe", along with salt, vinegar, and baking powder. Unfortunately, for consumers an excessive amount of STPP in food can cause an increase in price, for products sold by weight contain more water than products without STPP