I don't know about you, but I have a sneaking suspicion that — like me — when you looked at
your first dog food label, nothing in particular came to mind while reading ingredients like brewer's rice, by - products, BHA and Ethoxyquin.
Not exact matches
Understanding how to read pet
food labels is the
first step to feeding your
dog exactly what you intend to give them — you can't trust the front of the package because the real truth lies on the flip side.
The
first five listed ingredients on a
dog food formula
label usually make up the bulk of the
food, so take this into consideration.
At the very least, you should be checking your
dog food's nutrition
labels to make sure protein is the
first ingredient.
Yes, I do read the
labels on my
dog and cats
food and look for a named protein as the
first ingredient.
The fiber that appears to be most tolerated by an EPI
dog, is usually a highly digestible
food that is low in poorly - fermentable fiber (to understand the difference in fibers (please read the section on fiber types on the fiber page) http://www.epi4dogs.com/fiberinthediet.htm. So, although not the only solution, it is usually most effective to start
first with a low fiber
food (coined «grain - free» by
dog food companies)... although PLEASE read the
label and try to start with a
food that has 4 % or less fiber content in it..
The
first step to choose the right
food for your
dog is to learn to read the
label.
The
first 5 ingredients listed on a
dog food label are required to be listed in order of their pre-cooked weight.
Pet
food manufacturers realize consumers are becoming more interested in the ingredients in
dog and cat formulas, and they know you want to see meat as the
first ingredient on the
label.
FOOD AND MEDICATIONS: All food and medications must be labeled with your dogs first and last na
FOOD AND MEDICATIONS: All
food and medications must be labeled with your dogs first and last na
food and medications must be
labeled with your
dogs first and last names.
Chicken — If you are new to reading the ingredients lists on
dog food labels, you would probably be inclined to think that listing chicken as the
first ingredient makes a
dog food formula a quality source of protein.
I will say that this brand made me realize that my old
dog food was corn based and Eukanueba's
first ingredient
labeled is chicken!
There is a lot more to properly feeding your
dog than just buying a bag of commercial
dog food that is
labeled «healthy,» or «holistic,» or «wholesome,» or any other gimmicky term that may sound appealing at a
first glance.
Beef isn't the
first ingredient, as you might expect with a
food called «
dog food with beef and vegetables» but the FDA doesn't require beef to be the
first ingredient according to their
labeling rules.
This was mu
first dog so I didn't know alot about
food until I saw an article on
dog food and fillers (corn meal and by product) I was horiffied when I looked at the
label for the puppy chow.
«The
first thing listed on the ingredient
label of a
dog's
food should be an animal protein,» says Dr. Nelson.
Blue Buffalo Lamb and Rice
dog food label lists deboned lamb as the
first ingredient, and a minimum of 22 percent protein per serving.
Experts agree, when reading
dog food labels, meat should be the
first ingredient (per the CVM requirement that all ingredients are to be listed in order of predominance by weight).
For example, last year Walmart introduced its
first natural private -
label dog food brand, called Pure Balance.
When choosing a
food for your
dog, the
first thing you should do is read the
label.
However, when you look at the
label on your
dog's
food, the
first ingredient should not be a grain or vegetable, it should be a protein.