Compare Dog Foods - Natural is Best Flint River Ranch Comes Up in the Top Percentile

Listed below are a number of popular dog foods and how they compare with Flint River Ranch. Whenever shopping for your pet remember to read the label and "Let the buyer beware".

Bill-Jac Select	Eukenuba Adult	Flint River Ranch	Flint River Ranch Lamb/Millet Rice	Iams Adult	Nutro Max	Pedigree	Proplan Adult	Purina Dog Chow	Science Diet Chicken & Rice
Chicken by-products¹ (organ meat only), chicken, corn², chicken by-product meal¹, dried beet pulp, brewers dried yeast, cane molasses, egg product	Chicken, corn meal², ground whole grain sorghum, ground whole grain barley, chicken by-product meal¹, fish meal, Natural Chicken Flaver, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed	Chicken meal, whole wheat flour, ground rice, lamb meal, poultry fat, ground wheat, flax seed, dried whole egg	Lamb Meal, Ground Whole Millet, Ground Whole Rice, Rice Bran, Menhaden Fish Meal, Grapeseed Oil, Flaxseed Meal, Lecithin	Chicken, corn meal², ground whole grain sorghum, chicken by-product meal¹, ground whole grain barley, fish meal, chicken fat, dried beet pulp	Beef Meal, Ground Rice, corn gluten meal², ground whole wheat, poultry fat, rice bran, wheat flour, natural flavors	Ground yellow corn², meat and bone meal⁴, corn gluten meal², chicken by-product meal¹, animal fat⁵ (preseved with BHA/BHT⁶), wheat mill run, natural poultry flavor, rice, salt	Chicken, Brewers rice³, whole grain wheat, poulty by-product meal¹, corn gluten meal², beef tallow⁵, whole grain corn², corn bran²	Ground yellow corn², poultry by-product meal¹, corn gluten meal², soybean meal, beef tallow⁵ preserved with mixed-tocopherols , brewers rice³, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate	Chicken, brewers rice³, rice flour, corn meal², soybean meal, ground grain sorghum, chicken by-product meal¹, animal fat⁵ (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid)

1 Meat by-products: This can include bones, blood, intestines, lungs, ligaments, and almost all the other parts generally not consumed by humans.

2 Corn: One of the lowest sources of nutrient grains. Rice is the best. Cats need no grain at all.

3 Fillers: Low quality filler that include wheat bran and brewer's rice. Low digestibility means less nutrition.

4 Meat and bone meal: The term "meal" means that these materials are not used fresh, but have been rendered. Rendering is to process as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses and to extract oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting. This process may alter or destroy some of the natural enzymes and proteins found in the raw ingredients.

5 Animal Fat: Animal fat is most often made up of rendered animal fat, restaurant grease, or other oils too rancid or deemed inedible for humans. These fats are sprayed directly onto extruded kibbles and pellets to make an otherwise bland or distasteful product palatable. Test the food by running it through your hand and feel for any residual grease.

6 Chemical Preservatives: Chemical preservatives include butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze), and ethoxyquin. BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin are potentially cancer-causing agents. Extruded food requires these preservatives to maintain shelf life. These chemicals may be associated with dry skin, allergic reactions, dental disease, poor health and degenerative organ dysfunction.


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