Does Your Pet Food Ingredient Label Resemble any of the Following Examples?
(Source: Truth About Pet Food by Susan Thixton)

Please visit www.TruthAboutPetFood.com for the pet food brands of the ingredient lists below.

Ingredients:  Ground Whole Corn, Meat and Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken By-product Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with BHA/BHT), Natural Poultry Flavor, Wheat Flour, Chicken, Rice, Dried Whole Peas, Wheat Mill Run, Dried Beet Pulp, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Carrot Powder, Potassium Chloride, Vegetable Oil (Source of Linoleic Acid), Caramel Color, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate [Source of Vitamin E], L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate [Source of Vitamin C*], Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement [Vitamin B2], Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Added FD&C and Lake Colors (Yellow 6, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5).

Red Flag Ingredients: Meat and Bone Meal and Chicken by-product meal and BHA/BHT
US Only Ingredients:  No
Natural Preservatives:  No
Shelf Life:  1 year
Crude Protein: 26%  Crude Fat: 10% Crude Fiber: 4%  Moisture: 12%

Notes:  The ingredient listings do not read to be all naturally preserved – this is not good.  The mineral listings do not read to be chelated or proteinated (for better absorption) which is not good.  The ingredient listings do not read to have probiotics – this is not good.

*This ingredient line-up was so awful, it did not rate a score.

Ingredients:  Chicken, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Ground Whole Grain Wheat,Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Corn Gluten Meal, Brewers Rice, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Iodized Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), DL-Methionine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.

Red Flag Ingredients:  Chicken by-product meal, Animal Fat
US Only Ingredients:  No
Natural Preservatives:  Yes
Shelf Life:  18 to 20 months
Crude Protein: 21.5% Crude Fat: 13% Crude Fiber: 3% Moisture: 10%

Notes:  Themineral listings do not read to be chelated or proteinated (for better absorption) which is not good. This food does not appear to contain friendly bacteria (benefits the intestinal system and in turn the immune system of the pet) – which is not good.

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