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Compare Your Brand of Dog Food to Life's Abundance Premium Health Food |
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Favorable |
Life's Abundance |
Nutro Natural Choice |
Science Diet Adult Maintenance |
Flint River Oven Baked Puppy/Adult |
Purina One Adult Chicken & Rice Formula |
Purina Beneful |
Iams Adult Lamb Meal & Rice |
Eukanuba Adult Maintenance |
Alpo |
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Unfavorable |
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Look at the First 3 Ingredients - They Often Make Up the Principal Components of a Food |
First Three Ingredients Corn, wheat, gluten & soy are generally inferior sources of protein. They are often difficult to digest & to use by the body. Also can cause G.I. problems. Meat & bone meal can contain an unknown quantity of bone, which is an inferior protein. |
 Chicken Meal (hormone & steriod free) |
 Lamb Meal |
 Chicken |
 Chicken Meal |
 Chicken |
 Ground Yellow Corn |
 Lamb Meal |
 Chicken |
 Ground Yellow Corn |
 Ground Brown Rice |
 Ground Rice |
 Corn Meal |
 Whole Wheat Flour |
 Brewers Rice |
 Chicken By-product meal |
 Brewers Rice |
 Chicken Byproduct Meal |
 Beef & Bone Meal |
 Oat Groats |
 Rice Bran |
 Ground Grain Sorghum |
 Ground Rice |
 Whole Grain Corn |
 Corn Gluten Meal |
 Corn Meal |
 Corn Meal |
 Soybean meal |
| Watch Out for Harmful Chemicals & Unsavory Byproducts |
Preservatives Can be very harmful |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 BHA, BHT |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 Mixed Tocopherols |
 BHA |
By-products Generally inferior sources of protein |
 none |
 none |
 yes |
 none |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
| Artificial Dyes Many vets believe they are linked to health problems |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2 |
 none |
 none |
 Red 40 |
| Look for Powerful Health Promoting Ingredients |
Probiotics Good for Digestive & Immune System |
 yes |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
Antioxidants Vital to Good Health (Grapeseed Extract powerful source) |
 yes Grapeseed Extract |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
 yes |
Chelated Minerals Better absorbed |
 yes |
 none |
 none |
 yes |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
Vegetables Excellent Source of Antioxidants & Phytonutrients |
 yes |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 none |
 yes |
 none |
 none |
 none |
| Food Rating* |
10 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Cost to Feed and Cost Delivered to Your Door |
Cost Per Cup Based on the number of Cups in Each Bag |
$0.29 |
$0.16 |
$0.19 |
$0.29** |
$0.17 |
$0.13 |
$0.17 |
$0.21 |
$0.09 |
Daily Feeding Amount Based on 50 lb dog |
2 cups |
3.5 cups |
3.25 cups |
2.5 cups** |
2.5 cups |
3.33 cups |
2.5 cups |
2 cups |
3.5 cups |
| Daily Cost to Feed Based on feeding amounts & # of cups/ bag |
$0.59 |
$0.58 |
$0.60 |
$0.72** |
$0.42 |
$0.43 |
$0.42 |
$0.43 |
$0.31 |
Total Cost to Feed + Shipping |
$0.70 |
$0.86 |
$0.86 |
$0.72 |
$0.67 |
$0.67 |
$0.62 |
$0.61 |
$0.59 |
| Food Rating* |
10 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| *Rating: Each food starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted for each unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting ingredient. |
Life's Abundance |
Nutro Natural Choice |
Science Diet Adult Maintenance |
Flint River Oven Baked Puppy/Adult |
Purina One Adult Chicken & Rice Formula |
Purina Beneful |
Iams Adult Lamb Meal & Rice |
Eukanuba Adult Maintenance |
Alpo |