Dog Food Ingredients - Good All in one dog food
Quality is very important. All of the raw ingredients used should originate from healthy animals whose meat is destined for human consumption. Very few dog food manufacturers can claim that.
This list of ingredients represents a “good” all in one dry dog food. Labels generally list ingredients in order of the greatest quantity first.
Poultry meat meal, maize, rice, maize meal, poultry fat,greaves (crackling) meal, dried sugar beet pulp, linseed, sunflower oil, dried egg, brewers yeast, poultry hydrolyzate, fish oil, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, DL-methionin, Fructo-Oligo-Saccharides, monocalcium phosphate
Analysis: Crude protein 30,0 % / crude fat 15,8 % / crude fibre 2,5 % /crude ash 7,0 % / calcium 1,2 % / phosphorus 1,0 % / sodium 0,35 %
Additives: Vitamin A 15.000 IU/kg / vitamin D3 1.200 IU/kg /vitamin E 200 mg/kg / vitamin C 50 mg/kg / Lecithin 2.000 mg/kg /beta-carotene 10 mg/kg / copper (from copper sulphate) 15 mg/kg /zinc 200 mg/kg / selenium 0.18 mg/kg
This is also a “good” dog food
Chicken meal, Steamed oatmeal, Ground whole rice, Chicken fat, Rice bran, Ground flaxseed, Beet pulp, Herring oil, Chicken broth, Yeast extract (Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles), Chicory root, Steamed sweet potato, Dried whole egg, Yucca shidigera, Glucosamine HCl (powdered lobster shell), Chondroitin sulfate (shark cartilage), Marigold extract, L-carnitine supplement, Atlantic kelp, Carrots, Tomatoes, Apples, Whole garlic, Parsley, Rosemary extract, Cranberry, Sea salt, Potassium chloride, Choline chloride, Lysine, Vitamin A supplement, Dl alpha-tocopherol acetate, Methionine, vitamin D3 supplement, Iron Bioplex, Zinc Bioplex, Manganese Bioplex, Biotin, Copper Bioplex, Niacin, Riboflavin, Rhiamine mononitrate, Pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6),Vitamin B12, Folic acid. Chelated mineral.
Analysis: Protein 31.0%, Fat 14.0%, Fibre 2.5%, Moisture (max.) 10.0%.
"Bad" dog food
On the other hand this next list of ingredients represents a poor quality all in one dog food, the ingredients in italics are those to avoid.
Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Ground maize, Whole Ground Wheat, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate), Beet Pulp, Natural Flavors, Brewers Yeast, Salt, Dried Whole Egg, Lecithin, Fish Meal, maize Gluten Meal, Lysine (essential amino acid), Methionine (essential amino acid), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate (source of iron), Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Biotin Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin B6, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate (source of iodine), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite (source of selenium).
Analysis: Crude Protein 26.00%, Crude Fat 15.00%, Crude Fibre 3.50%, Moisture max 10.00%
In general the things to try and AVOID in the hovawart's or any dogs food include:-
Ground yellow maize, Meat and bone meal, maize gluten feed, Soybean meal,maize gluten meal, Animal fat, Wheat, Wheat middlings, maize gluten meal, maize meal, Beef meal, Rice bran, Cane Molasses, Porcine (Pork) Meat Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with BHA),Salt, Lamb (name of any animal) Digest.
Preservatives - ethoxyquin, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).
To look further into what is good or bad, take a look at this American site, http://drydogfood.bravehost.com/avoid/
