Not exact matches
Miller's colleague, Dr. Erin Reed, explains that in commercial dog food, a high
grade meat meal can actually be a better
source of digestible
protein than the whole
meat from which it was made.
Canidae uses human
grade ingredients, 4 different high quality
meat proteins, only rice for the grain
source and excellent ingredients for healthy skin and coat.
Many love the fact that the
meat protein sources are of «human»
grade.
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
Low -
grade foods usually have high amounts of carbohydrates in the form of grain, such as corn, wheat, or rice, and their
protein source usually is plant - based or listed as «
meat and bone 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
These
protein sources are often human
grade meats.
The formula's
protein sources consist of high quality, human -
grade lamb
meat and menhaden fish, and the grain includes ground whole millet and whole rice, as well as rice bran.