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Chelsey
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Location: Indiana
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 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: Grade Your Dog's Food |
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How to grade your dog's food:
Start with a grade of 100:
1) For every listing of by-product , subtract 10 points
2) For every non-specific animal source ( meat or poultry , meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4) For every grain mill run or non-specific grain source,subtract 5 points
5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. ground brown rice , brewerâ?Ts rice , rice flour are all the same grain), subtract 5 points
6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8 ) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points
9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 morepoints
10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil,subtract 2 points
11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isnâ?Tt allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points
14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isnâ?Tt allergic to beef), subtract 1 point
15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
Extra Credit:
1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or
nutritionist, add 5 points
3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points
7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points
8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than
the first one; count chicken and chicken meal as only one protein source, but chicken and as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free, add 1 point
94-100+ = A
86-93 = B
78-85 = C
70-77 = D
69 = F
Here are some foods that have already been scored. If you don't
see your dog's food here, ask and someone will score it for you.
Dog Food scores:
Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+
Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F
Canidae / Score 112 A+
Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+
Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+
Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+
Foundations / Score 106 A+
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 D
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D
Innova Dog / Score 114 A+
Innova Evo / Score 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F
ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+
Purina Benful / Score 17 F
Purina Dog / Score 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F
Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F
Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A
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Ionadiva
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Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 1804
Location: Birmingham, UK
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: |
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 I just looked at the ingredients in my dogs food and tested them against your chart, i use a UK brand dog food.
Wainwrights (dog's best friend) Turkey & Rice puppy 0-1 years
The score was / 112 = A+
Useful chart and i am pleased with my dogs food test result!!
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TexasChic
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Joined: 24 Dec 2007
Posts: 351
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Authority Harvest Baked scores higher than Chicken Soup and both Innova and Innova EVO????  I dunno if that one is accurate...seems off to me anyways.
Is this the same kibble grading system created by Fredalina??? |
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TexasChic
Canine Good Citizen
Joined: 24 Dec 2007
Posts: 351
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Ingredients for the Harvest Baked Adult Chicken Formula:
Chicken, Whole Ground Wheat, Whole Ground Barley, Chicken Meal, Canola Oil (Preserved mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Carrots, Salmon Meal, Dried Egg Product, Spinach, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cranberries, Natural Flavor, Chicory Root Extract, Flaxseed, Minerals (Salt, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Glucosamine Hydrocholide, Chondroitin Sulfate, Carnitine.
Harvest Baked lamb Adult Formula:
Ingredients:
Lamb, Whole Ground Wheat, Whole Ground Barley, Lamb Meal, Salmon Meal, Carrots, Dried Egg Product, Sunflower Oil(preserved mixed Tocopherols, A Source of Vitamin E), Spinach, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cranberries, Natural Flavor, Chicory Root Extract, Flaxseed, Minerals( Salt, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins(Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Taurine, Glucosamine Hydrocholide, Chondroitin Sulfate, Carnitine.
Then compare to Innova EVO:
http://www.evopet.com/products/default.asp?panel=in&id=1488
And regualr Innova:
http://www.innovapet.com/products/default.asp?id=1
On both Innova products at least the first 3 ingredients are quality protein sources...the Authority Harvest baked has wheat or some various grain as the 2nd ingredient.....someone got their math wrong on the grading I think. I've seen it on other sites and the Harvest baked is listed as high on some to a low C on others.. |
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Socrates'sMomma
Show dog
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
Posts: 531
Location: California
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I read the grading of the dog food and wanted to see how Socrates's does. He eats Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Organic Blend. Is that the same as Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium? Sorry to bother someone Im just not sure. |
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followthedeadrabbit
House Broken
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 125
Location: near Stuttgart, Germany
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I just used the chart for:
Orijen Adult 6 fish/ score 118 A+
Now that's pretty good. |
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crestedcrazy
Ms. Barksalot
Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 14836
Location: Canada
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If doing the chart right which I hope I did then Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine has a score of 121so an A+
link to their home page
http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/
this is the list of ingrediants:
Ingredients
Bison, venison, lamb meal, chicken meal, egg product, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, canola oil, roasted bison, roasted venison, natural flavor, tomato pomace, ocean fish meal, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevesiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.
And this is the food I have just recently switched Wysie woo and Niya too so I can combat Wysie's allergies |
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