Although it doesn’t sound very appetizing, chicken fat is actually a quality ingredient. This item is obtained from rendering chicken, a process similar to making soup in which the fat itself is skimmed from the surface of the liquid.Ĭhicken fat is high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid essential for life. Like corn, wheat is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain of only modest nutritional value to a dog. The third ingredient is wheat flour, a highly-refined product of wheat milling. And aside from its energy content, this grain is of only modest nutritional value to a dog. Corn is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain. In any case, although this item contains all the amino acids a dog needs, we consider chicken by-products an inexpensive, lower quality ingredient. On the brighter side, by-product meals are meat concentrates and contain nearly 300% more protein than fresh chicken.
In addition to organs (the nourishing part), this stuff can contain almost anything - feet, beaks, undeveloped eggs - anything except feathers. It’s made from what’s left of a slaughtered chicken after all the prime cuts have been removed. The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken by-product meal, a dry rendered product of slaughterhouse waste. Protein = 24% | Fat = 40% | Carbs = 36% Ingredient Analysis Red denotes controversial item Estimated Nutrient Content Ingredients: Chicken by-product meal, whole grain ground corn, wheat flour, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dried beet pulp, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, fish meal, salmon oil (a source of DHA), potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acidįiber (estimated dry matter content) = 3.3%
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