While this could be a problem for some foods, it is not an issue in this High Prairie recipe because the fresh buffalo is followed by lamb meal and chicken meal with other supplementary proteins like egg product, roasted bison, roasted venison, beef, and ocean
fish meal listed as well.
Not exact matches
Even though
fish does not feature on my
list for the weekdays as I depend on the previous night's dinner for my dose of lunch the next day at office, my folks at home need a small piece of fried
fish to go with their afternoon
meals of rice and curry.
NOTE: Men need to add two ounces of
fish or poultry or one ounce of red meat at each
meal to the amounts shown on the
list.
His provides a dietary handout of
meal and snacking foods that
list items such as cream cheese or unsweetened nut butters on vegetables like celery, cucumber or cauliflower, as well as nuts, egg in all forms, meats, canned and fresh
fish, cheeses, avocado, unflavoured pork rinds, butter, full - fat cream.
(Even a turkey burger and
fish meal make the
list!)
Some
lists may be very long and will take time to load Note: A new dropdown
list will appear if a country has a sub-country Lidia Bastianich shares her top seven tips on how to prepare for a traditional Italian holiday
meal, the Feast of the Seven
Fishes.
Its top five
listed ingredients include all meats or
meals,
fish or...
The ingredient
list begins with items like chicken, chicken
meal, turkey and
fish meal.
Sadly, it would seem it misses the point about allergies since it still uses chicken as its principal source of protein; although it also
lists fish meal as one of its sources.
Unless the
fish meal's manufacturer presents a permit or states «human grade»
fish or
fish meal, probably ethoxyquin (preservative banned from use in foods for human consumption) is present in the food even if it is not
listed.
How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every
listing of «by - product», subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source -LRB-» meat» or «poultry», meat,
meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain «mill run» or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (I.e. «ground brown rice», «brewers rice», «rice flour» are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat
meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points 9) If corn is
listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than
fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
* Feeding a dry food containing a calcium - rich meat
meal (such as meat / lamb
meal,
fish meal, chicken by - product
meal, meat
meal, or bone
meal)
listed in the first four ingredients of the ingredient
list.
The ingredients at the top of the
list are present in the highest volume, so this is where you want to see quality animal proteins like fresh meat, meat
meals, poultry,
fish, and eggs.
Unless the
fish meal's manufacturer presents a permit or states «human grade»
fish or
fish meal is used, you can be almost certain Ethoxyquin (preservative banned from use in foods for human consumption) is present in the food even if it is not
listed.
Proteins such as meat, chicken,
fish, egg or some meat or
fish meal should be the first or second ingredient
listed on the packaging.
Feeding a a dry food containing a calcium - rich meat
meal (such as meat / lamb
meal,
fish meal, chicken by - product
meal, meat
meal, or bone
meal)
listed in the first four ingredients of the ingredient
list.
They also have some products
listing «
fish meal» on the label.
Fish meal is the sixth ingredient here which is still high up on the
list.
Iams uses ethoxyquin in their veterinary formulas and they appear to use it in their
fish meals, though it is not
listed on the label.
Some
fish protein, such as herring
meal, should be
listed further down the ingredient panel because it provides high - quality protein to offer nutritional balance.
Following the first five ingredients on the
list for this Solid Gold Katz - n - Flocken dry food formula you will see ocean
fish meal, pearled barley, canola oil, and dried eggs.
Farther down on the ingredient
list the food contains several meat
meals for animal protein: turkey
meal, lamb
meal, and ocean
fish meal.
I'm sure it applies to cat food as well: How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every
listing of «by - product», subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source -LRB-» meat» or «poultry», meat,
meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain «mill run» or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. «ground brown rice», «brewerâ $ ™ s rice», «rice flour» are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat
meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points 9) If corn is
listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than
fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the animal sources are hormone - free and antibiotic - free, add 2 points 8) If the food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count «chicken» and «chicken
meal» as only one protein source, but «chicken» and «'' as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide - free, add 1 point
THE SCORING METHOD FOR DOG FOOD: How to grade your dogâ $ ™ s food: Start with a grade of 100: 1) For every
listing of â $ œby - productâ $, subtract 10 points 2) For every non-specific animal source (â $ meatâ $ or â $ œpoultryâ $, meat,
meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points 4) For every grain â $ œmill runâ $ or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (I.e. â $ œground brown riceâ $, â $ œbrewers riceâ $, â $ œrice flourâ $ are all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat
meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points 9) If corn is
listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any animal fat other than
fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
There are also supplementary sources of protein that occur further down the
list such as menhaden
fish meal.
Ethoxyquin doesn't have to be
listed on the label because the
fish meal is preserved with with this ingredient before it reaches the pet food plant so, technically, Iams doesn't add the ingredient.
Ingredient
List * Blue Buffalo Cat Food Ingredient
List Deboned Duck, Chicken
Meal, Turkey
Meal, Potato Starch,
Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Peas, Potatoes, Flaxseed (source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Natural Chicken Flavor, Alfalfa
Meal, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Blueberries, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, L - Carnitine, L - Lysine, Turmeric, Oil of Rosemary, Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Niacin (Vitamin B3), d - Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Choline Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Salt, Caramel, Potassium Chloride, Dried Yeast (source of Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product
Not only does it
list high - quality sources of protein as the top three ingredients, but there are an additional several other sources of quality protein (lamb, Menhaden
fish meal, and dried egg)
listed further down on the
list.
So unless the manufacturer either presents a permit or states «human grade»
fish or
fish meal is used, you can be pretty sure Ethoxyquin is present in the food even if it is not
listed.
Ingredient
list example where «Lamb and Rice Formula» is correct but misleading: Ground yellow corn, meat and bone
meal, lamb, brewers rice... Example of truthful use: Lamb, ground rice, barley flour,
fish meal...
These may be bone
meal, blood
meal, feather
meal,
fish meal, etc., the
list goes on and on.