^^^^ It is only a 2.5 rated kibble out of 5 stars...not very good. Iams ProActive Health Dog Food | Review and Rating Red items when present indicate controversial ingredients: - corn meal, chicken by-product meal, dried beet pulp, brewers dried yeast, caramel
The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken. Although it is a quality item, raw chicken contains about 80% water. After cooking, most of that moisture is lost, reducing the meat content to just a fraction of its original weight.
After processing, this item would probably account for a smaller part of the total content of the finished product.
The second ingredient is cornmeal, a coarsely ground flour made from dried corn. Corn is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
For this reason, we do not consider corn a preferred component in any dog food.
The third ingredient is sorghum. Sorghum (milo) is a starchy cereal grain with a nutrient profile similar to corn.
Since it is gluten-free and boasts a smoother blood sugar behavior than other grains, sorghum may be considered an acceptable non-meat ingredient.
The fourth ingredient is chicken by-product meal, a dry rendered product of slaughterhouse waste. It’s made from what’s left of a slaughtered chicken after all the prime cuts have been removed.
In addition to organs (the nourishing part), this stuff can contain almost anything — feet, beaks, undeveloped eggs — anything except quality skeletal muscle (real meat).
On the brighter side, by-product meals are meat concentrates and contain nearly 300% more protein than fresh chicken.
Thanks for all the tips. We are currently feeding Roscoe Nature's Variety Prairie Large Breed Puppy Chicken Meal and Brown Rice Medley.
I see Nature's Variety (but not the exact type) is given a 5 star on the dogfoodadvisor.com.
I was looking for alternatives if something was considered better.
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