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Another dog food question2007-11-25 2:58:10

I was looking around at Walmart and found a brand of food called natural life. Does it look any good?

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein 26.0%(min)

Crude Fat 15.0%(min)

Crude Fiber 4.0%(max)

Moisture 10.0%(max)

Ash 9.0%(max)

Calcium 1.20%(min)

Phosphorus 1.0%(min)

Copper 12.0 mg/kg Vitamin A 13,370 IU/kg Vitamin D 1,340 IU/kg Vitamin E 136.0 IU/kg *Omega 3 fatty acids 0.25%(min) *Omega 6 fatty acids 1.50%(min)

Ingredients: Lamb Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Linseed Meal, Oatmeal, Poultry Fat (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, citric acid, rosemary extract and ascorbyl palmitate - a Vitamin C ester), Natural Flavors, Dried Beet Pulp, Ground Flax Seeds, Potassium Chloride, Dried Kelp, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine,Yucca Schidigera Extract, Natural Antioxidants,Vitamin Supplements (E,A,B2,B12,D3), Niacin, Calcium Ascorbate, Calcium Pantothenate,Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Inositol, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K

Answers:

It is better than a lot of the foods out there, but not as good as some. I would prefer to see meat, rather than a meat meal as the first ingredient. There are no by-products, and flax seeds are very good for dogs. I don't like seeing the poultry fat. Dog food companies spray that on the food to make it more appealing to the dogs.

Below is a formula that I found for scoring dog foods.

Scoring Your Dog Food