Whole Dog Journal advises consumers to stay away from
lower quality rice substitutes, often used as filler in commercial dog foods, such as beet pulp, oat bran, pea fiber, soybean hulls and wheat.
Not exact matches
NutriBiotic Chocolate
Rice Protein is a high
quality,
low carbohydrate, vegetarian protein powder.
NutriBiotic Vanilla
Rice Protein is a high
quality,
low carbohydrate, vegan protein powder.
NutriBiotic Plain
Rice Protein is a high
quality,
low carbohydrate, vegan protein powder.
Axiom's technology tied to
low heat processing has made it so we do not need nor use artificial elements to enhance productivity, thus we can maintain the nutritional
qualities of all our brown
rice products.
Because the USDA houses the National School Lunch Program, and the agency's main job is to sell highly subsidized conventional crops (like corn, soybeans,
rice, and wheat) and farmed foods (like dairy and beef), behemoths like Chartwells wind - up pushing cheap,
low -
quality surplus food into our schools.
Opt for seasonal vegetables (lots of leafy greens), fresh fruit (
low GI options like berries and green apples are best), gluten - free grains (like quinoa, brown
rice, buckwheat, etc.), nuts and seeds, high -
quality organic and locally sourced fish, eggs, and chicken, and use coconut oil or extra-virgin olive oil in your cooking.
Make sure your meat is high
quality and opt for skim,
low - fat, or non-dairy options like almond or
rice milk when possible.
Just try to stick with better
quality carbs (potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other tubers, fruit, well - prepared
low - toxin
rice) and limit / avoid
low quality carbs (bread, pasta, and other grains, pastries, cookies, potato chips, crackers, etc).
Brewer's
rice is the second ingredient and is a
lower quality grain and is also considered a by - product.
Innova contains none of the following dog food ingredients: Meat meal, animal fat, poultry by - products, soybean meal,
rice gluten, wheat mids, peanut hulls, wheat flour, wheat bran,
rice flour, BHA, BHT, Ethoxyquin, artificial colors or flavors, or any other substandard,
low quality, by - products from human food processing.
Made without high - water,
low - protein meats and common grains like corn, wheat or soybeans this carefully blended formula contains high -
quality chicken meal, wholesome
rice and omega - rich menhaden protein.
It's made from the same high -
quality chicken that's
low in purine and it still contains complex carbohydrates from brown
rice.
In most cases, however, the primary carbohydrate is either white
rice or white potatoes which some animal nutritionists believe are
low -
quality grains in terms of nutrition.
One reason you had to put down your dog was because of the
low quality meats, brewers
rice, whole grain wheat, corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, poultry by - product meal, and other ingredients.
It is unclear whether it is white or brown
rice flour (this influences the nutrient content) and dried beet pulp is sometimes considered a
low -
quality ingredient.
These are moderate protein and fat percentages for a
quality dog food and slightly
lower than the percentages found in Science Diet Adult Advanced Fitness Lamb Meal &
Rice Recipe Dog Food.
Cost / Value for Money: 8/10 (15 kg costs # 38 but feed amounts are quite
low and need to be when you have a 50 kg dog)
Quality of ingredients: 7/10 (I am sure others can comment better than me but The Meat content seems good and is defined and the main cereal is
rice, also the oils are chicken / fish) Packaging / Marketing: 5/10 (Difficult one as packaging is very basic which keeps the costs down, but marketing could be better as few have even heard of it and it is by franchised delivery only) Apparent Taste Factor: 7/10 (Seems to be well accepted and eaten happily but has no sugar / Salt so possibly would score
lower than some other dry foods) Back End Tolerance: 8/10
With these considerations, not only can the
quality of brewer's
rice be very
low, but so can its nutritional value.
Some examples of fillers you might find in
low -
quality dog foods include
rice bran, corn bran, hulls, and wheat mill run.
Rice is a decent
quality grain and is
lower allergenic grain.
The mid - to
low -
quality dog foods may contain some of these ingredients as well, but they will probably appear further down the ingredients list with preference being given to plant - based ingredients made from corn, wheat, soy, or
rice.
For many pets, the most common culprits are wheat, corn, soy,
rice and sugar beet pulp — as well as various by - products, preservatives and cheap fillers that can deplete the immune system over time — but which are often used in
low quality pet foods.
Brown
Rice is a decent
quality grain and is
lower allergenic grain.
AvoDerm Natural Chicken Meal & Brown
Rice — In addition to having high -
quality ingredients, this dog food also has
low fat content which can help aid your pup's digestion.