Is this a good dog food?
March 28th, 2010 | 
Author: Thіѕ іѕ thе ingredients, nutritional profile, аnd information provided οn thе bag:
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Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Impose a curfew Corn, Animal Stουt Preserved wіth Vitamin E (Mixed Tocopherols), Chicken, Dried Beet Pulp, Corn Gluten Meal, Brown Rice, Natural Flavors, Dried Egg Product, Canola Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Corn Oil, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source οf Vitamin C), Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Niacin, D Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement.
Guaranteed Breakdown:
Crude Protein (nοt less thаn): 24.0%
Crude Stουt (nοt less thаn): 14.0%
Crude Fiber (nοt more thаn): 4.0%
Moisture (nοt more thаn): 10.0%
Calcium (nοt less thаn): 1.2%
Phosphorus(nοt less thаn): 1.0%
Vitamin E (nοt less thаn): 200.0 IU/kg
Omega-6 Fatty Acids (nοt less thаn): 2.00%*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (nοt less thаn): 0.18%*
Vitamin C (nοt less thаn): 30 mg/kg
* Nοt recognized аѕ аn essential nutrient bу thе AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile.
Animal feeding tests using thе Association οf American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) procedures demonstrate thаt Authority Adult Mini Chunk provides complete аnd balance nutrition fοr maintenance.
@laughing: Yου ѕаіd “Omega 3 іѕ a hυgе thing fοr уουr dog аѕ well, bυt thеrе іѕ less thаn 1% οf іt!” … I’m wondering whаt уουr thουghtѕ οn thеіr claim thаt Omega 3 іѕ “nοt recognized аѕ аn essential nutrient bу thе AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile” аrе. Whο іѕ AAFCO?
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not the best….I don’t like the brewers rice/corn/animal stout in there. lots of fillres
NO.
A excellent food will have NO corn, and contain real meat, vegetables, fruits, healthy vitamins, oils, and minerals.
Try comparing to any of these excellent foods….
EVO
Innova
Canidae
Origin
Go Natural
Wellness
it sounds okay, although i always heard corn meal shouldnt be listed in the first 3 ingredients. That means its a filler…….there’s quite a bit in there. I just switched my dog to a brand called Evo. it has NO grains in it only meat. expensive but supposedly you do not need to feed as much food with this……………..
not the resolution worst but nowhere near the best.
Also take into significance its not only whats on the back of the bag but how excellent the ingredients are. I’m not sure how well Authority’s ingredients hold up but by the sounds of it (lots of corn and brewer’s rice) they may not be as excellent as other foods in that price range (such as Canidae or but you spell that)
It doesn’t look terrible from the mark, unfortunately pet food companies are only required to really place just so what is on their mark, in their pet food every 3-6 months ( i cant remember the figure aptly off the top of my head) The less you pay for it the more likely it is to have low quality ingredients and unusable fiber in it. Brands such as Iams, Eukanuba, Hill’s science diet, purina O.N.E. or pro plot or more expensive foods are typically what you want to feed your pet. Ol’ Roy or Alpo is not very nutritive and most of the food is fillers and non digestible by products.
I would say no.
There are a lot of grains in there which aren’t essential in a dog’s diet (they need some but not a lot). Not to mention they can’t digest grain very well resulting in some terrible health check conditions. Yet there is Brewers Rice, impose a curfew corn, brown rice, and grains like that in it.
There should be about 30% of crude protein in your dog’s diet as well. There is about 24% in this food which is okay, but there should be a lot more protein than grain.
Calcium is very low in this food, yet, calcium is a major thing in your dog’s diet. Omega 3 is a huge thing for your dog as well, but there is less than 1% of it!
At least there’s a lot of Vitamin E…
I would recommend Taste of the Wild or Wellness. Those two are very excellent brands of dog food that don’t contain by-products and provide all the ingredients of a healthy dog!
I don’t know about all of that. I feed my dogs Iams. They are healthy and seem to like the stuff. They have a nice coat and their teeth and gums are healthy.
My vet even recommends Iams. One of my dogs has pancrietitis so she can only eat the dry. Maybe an occasional small amount of boiled chicken. I have to watch the amt of fats she eats or it will kill her.
She does very well on Iams. I buy the kind in a green bag. I get a 20 pound bag for about $20. (depends on sales and where you buy it. I found Kmart to have the best deal. Sometimes Kroger will have it on sale.)
The top 5 ingredients are what most of the meal is composed of. Since,Corn and Chicken “meal” are in the top it makes me reckon this is an inexpensive filler food. Corn is a filler and “meal” could mean impose a curfew up animals parts such as beaks or claws from the chicken.
If this was a cheaper brand consider buying a brand (that maybe a bit more expensive per bag) but, has a meat as the 1st ingredient. If you find a food that does have a meat as #1 your dog will eat less and get full quicker and get all the nutrients it wants. This will save you money over time even though per bag may cost more.
My fav brands…Science Diet, Bil-Jack (my dogs LOVE!), or Blue (really excellent food but, dogs didn’t delight in it as much as I hoped).
Excellent luck and excellent eats!
There are alot of better foods not recognized by AAFCO! This food isn’t a excellent one!
Too many fillers,grains,and junk!
Better dog foods are:
Blue
Eagle Pack
Canidae
Wellness
Innova
Evo
Nature’s Variety
Chicken soup for the dog lover’s soul
No it is not a excellent food. Look for a dog food that has Chicken rather than Chicken meal first. Chicken meal is just filler, not nutritious.
No, it IS better then some brands, but it certainly is not the best!
Some excellent quality foods are :
Canidae
http://www.canidae.com/
Wellness
Wellness CORE
http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/
Solid Gold
http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/
Innova
Eagle pack Holistic
Chicken Soup for the dog Lovers Soul
Orijen
EVO
Merrick
Blue Buffalo
Avoderm
Never get low quality foods like :
Ol’ Roy
Purina
Pedigree
IAMS
Eukanuba
Science Diet
BilJac
For they all have, Corn,Soy, By-Products, Artificial Colorings/Flavors.
This website should be able to help you on picking out a excellent quality food. Stick on the 4-5-6 star range.
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
This website is excellent to!
http://www.thedogbowl.com/
Excellent Luck!
Dreadful, not anything I would ever feed my dogs.
Nope, looks like a crappy dog food.
Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly pleased to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren’t safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.
Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the largest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.
Thankfully, there are some brilliant dog foods being made these days that contain organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n’ Bits, Beneful, Ol’Roy.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature’s Variety Prairie, Nature’s Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.
Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you’re getting what you’re paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients… this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!
Before following your vet’s food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ small nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is ordinarily sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A fantastic option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now place out grainless formulas. Some excellent grainless diets contain: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature’s Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the brilliant grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor & Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can’t find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.
Another option, if you can’t find anywhere nearly you that sells excellent foods, is to peacefulness your pet food online. Here’s an brilliant place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched increasingly (mixing new at a snail’s pace in with the ancient over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.
Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawmeat.shtml
Also remember that freefeeding (leaving food down) is the quick lane to canine obesity. Make sure to have scheduled feeding times based on the feeding instructions on your dog’s food.
More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=main (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog’s food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a fantastic food, and six stars is an brilliant food.)
Darksong~