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Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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68 out of 100 - Good
Our unique product ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how beneficial we think a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: United States
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
cheebifred• 8 years ago
I was having a mooch on the costco site the other day and noticed theyve done a new food - similar price to the nomal kirkland sig - but only around 15kg a sack, I think it was called natures domain or something like that, it's supposed to be grain free, however, they don't list the ingredients online and I havent been able to get instore to check it out, would you guys be able to do a review of this food?
Aoibheann Morrison
cheebifred• 8 years ago
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.c...Here's a link to a similar review site aimed at the american market (so kirkland is much more common). From reading online it seems both this and the nature's domain give amazing trade off between quality and price. You only need to worry about grain free if grains have caused problems for your dog before.
Matt W• 9 years ago
What a snob! I've used the same brand puppy food.for my dog since February and it's been great, if the adult food is anything similar I will be very impressed, like you say you ' guess' it's no good, I would suggest keeping your opinion to yourself unless you use the product. I 'guess' your some over paid office Waller judging by your name and comments but I've never met you so how would I know!
Piers Smart• 10 years ago
But who would dare to feed their best friend on an extruded over processed kibble from a money making machine like Costco ? What is Egg Product? Just another protein bumping by-product I would guess. Also notice the way they have split the rice ingredients to make the food look like it is meat based...Emperors New Clothes?
Beginning to think that just the temperature of the processing should now be a consideration on a foods quality when entering the algorithm, for instance 90 degree extrusion, high temp extrusion, canned, raw, cold pressed etc ? Thoughts?
cheebifred
Piers Smart• 8 years ago
Egg product is actually egg shells, when ground up these are a great source of protein and are recommended by many vets and nutritionists when creating a homemade raw food, it's a great way of bumping up the protein without adding any extra carbs/additives/poor quality by-products. it is in a sense a protein bumping by product, but by no means a poor quality one like what you are appearing to make out. and on the rice note, they are not obligated to lay it out like this, they could just put rice but putting it in this format guarantees the customer that the product will not vary the amount of these ingredients based upon which is cheapest to access.