Dog food-are these ingredients necessary?
Been comparing dog foods again as I'm trying to find a less expensive alternative to the Blue Basics we've been using. Blue Basics contains lots of ingredients like blueberries, cranberries, yucca, p...
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We had a discussion about dog food with our vet a couple of months ago. He said that the brands he KNOWs are good are: Royal Canine, Science Diet, and IAMS. As far as the cheap brands (he specifically mentioned Old Roy), he said he has seen dogs that were feed eight cups a day of Old Roy and yet suffering from malnutrition. Dogs that got such food get their only real nutrition from table scraps.
As an example of how the ingredient lists on dog foods give no real information, he said that after corn kernels have been processed for corn syrup, all that is left is the skin (which has no nutritional value), but cheap dog foods will use only that skin and can legally list "corn" as an ingredient.
As an example of how the ingredient lists on dog foods give no real information, he said that after corn kernels have been processed for corn syrup, all that is left is the skin (which has no nutritional value), but cheap dog foods will use only that skin and can legally list "corn" as an ingredient.
