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The HealthyPetNet News … Issue 1
* Rating: Each food starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted for each unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting ingredient.
** Includes shipping and cups to feed 45-55 lb. dog. In most cases, food costs are an average of prices found in local stores and popular Internet sites.
Shipping costs are an average of three popular Internet sites. Chart created 2/24/03.
Compare
Your Brand of Dog Food to Life's Abundance Premium Health Food
Favorable
Life's
Abundance
Nutro
Natural
Choice
Science
Diet Adult
Maintenance
Flint River Oven
Baked Puppy/
Adult
Purina One
Adult
Chicken &
Rice
Purina
Beneful
Iams Adult
Lamb Meal &
Rice
Eukanuba
Adult Maint.
Alpo
Unfavorable
Look at the First 3 Ingredients - They Often Make Up the Principal Components of a Food
First Three
Ingredients
Corn, wheat, gluten &
soy are generally infe-
rior sources of protein
& are often difficult to
digest & to use by the
body. Also can cause
G.I. problems. Meat &
bone meal can contain
an unknown quality of
bone, which is an infe-
hicken Meal
(hormone &
steriod free)
Lamb Meal
Chicken
Chicken Meal
Chicken
Ground Yel-
low Corn
Lamb Meal
Chicken
Ground
Yellow
Corn
Ground Brown
Rice
Ground
Rice
Corn Meal
Whole Wheat
Flour
Brewers Rice
Chicken By-
product meal
Brewers Rice
Chicken
Byproduct
Meal
Beef &
Bone
Meal
Potato Product
Rice Bran
Ground Grain
Sorghum
Ground Rice
Whole Grain
Corn
Corn Gluten
Meal
Corn Meal
Corn Meal
Soybean
meal
Watch Out for Harmful Chemicals & Unsavory Byproducts
Preservatives
Can be very harmful
Mixed Toco-
pherols
Mixed Toco-
pherols
BHA, BHT
Mixed Toco-
pherols
Mixed Toco-
pherols
Mixed Toco-
pherols
Mixed Toco-
pherols
Mixed To-
copherols
BHA
By-products
Generally inferior
sources of protein
none
none
yes
none
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Artificial Dyes
Many vets believe they
are linked to health
problems
none
none
none
none
none
Yellow 5, Red
40, Yellow 6,
Blue 2
none
none
Red 40
Look for Powerful Health Promoting Ingredients
Probiotics
Good for Digestive &
yes
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
Antioxidants
Vital to Good Health
(Grapeseed Extract
powerful source)
yes
Grapeseed
Extract
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Chelated
Minerals
yes
none
none
yes
none
none
none
none
none
Vegetables
Excellent Source of
Antioxidants &
yes
none
none
none
none
yes
none
none
none
Food Rating*
10
7
4
7
5
3
5
4
1
Cost to Feed and Cost Delivered to Your Door
Cost Per Cup
Based on the number of
Cups in Each Bag
$0.29
$0.16
$0.19
$0.29**
$0.17
$0.13
$0.17
$0.21
$0.09
Daily Feeding
Amount
Based on 50 lb dog
2 cups
3.5 cups
3.25 cups
2.5 cups**
2.5 cups
3.33 cups
2.5 cups
2 cups
3.5
cups
Daily Cost to
Feed
Based on feeding
amounts & # of cups/ bag
$0.59
$0.58
$0.60
$0.72**
$0.42
$0.43
$0.42
$0.43
$0.31
Total Cost
to Feed +
Shipping
$0.70
$0.86
$0.86
$0.72
$0.67
$0.67
$0.62
$0.61
$0.59
Food Rating*
10
7
4
7
5
3
5
4
1