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<blockquote data-quote="PitRottMommy" data-source="post: 1460783" data-attributes="member: 16434"><p>I don't mean to sound rude but I'm just curious, have you looked at a bag of science diet? Do you know what they put in their foods? Since I do this every day, I'll show you what I mean:</p><p></p><p>This analysis is for Science Diet Large breed adult:</p><p></p><p>Ingredients (all those with concerns are in bold, see below):</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal</strong>, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), <strong>Soybean Oil,</strong> Chicken Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Iodized Salt, Dried Chicken Cartilage, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Potassium Chloride, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.</p><p></p><p>To top things off, this product is mainly corn. Dogs cannot properly digest corn. Corn is the #1 cause of allergens in dogs. So, you're paying for poop and potential allergies with this food. This is seconded not by a real protein...but by a meal of by-product (wings, legs, inards, heads, feathers, etc). Science Diet isn't even putting whole MEAT into this food. They follow this up with soy meal, which is a cheap filler. It has been placed on the confirmed list for a cause of canine allergies. They also add soybean oil in, for good measure. And, to be fair, they add chicken cartilage in the food...not like it does a lot for pets, but we'll be fair and at least show for the record that they did put it in the food and, indeed, it came from chickens. </p><p></p><p>The rest of the food is additives and preservatives. They even add taurine in, which dogs do not need (they can manufacture this amino acid on their own) and salt (too much of which will cause kidney problems). </p><p></p><p></p><p>If science diet is your choice, that's cool. But I think it's fair to give a real assessment of what they put in their foods. So few people turn that bag around to realize they're paying for filler and very little, if any, real animal product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PitRottMommy, post: 1460783, member: 16434"] I don't mean to sound rude but I'm just curious, have you looked at a bag of science diet? Do you know what they put in their foods? Since I do this every day, I'll show you what I mean: This analysis is for Science Diet Large breed adult: Ingredients (all those with concerns are in bold, see below): [B] Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal[/B], Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), [B]Soybean Oil,[/B] Chicken Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Iodized Salt, Dried Chicken Cartilage, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Potassium Chloride, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract. To top things off, this product is mainly corn. Dogs cannot properly digest corn. Corn is the #1 cause of allergens in dogs. So, you're paying for poop and potential allergies with this food. This is seconded not by a real protein...but by a meal of by-product (wings, legs, inards, heads, feathers, etc). Science Diet isn't even putting whole MEAT into this food. They follow this up with soy meal, which is a cheap filler. It has been placed on the confirmed list for a cause of canine allergies. They also add soybean oil in, for good measure. And, to be fair, they add chicken cartilage in the food...not like it does a lot for pets, but we'll be fair and at least show for the record that they did put it in the food and, indeed, it came from chickens. The rest of the food is additives and preservatives. They even add taurine in, which dogs do not need (they can manufacture this amino acid on their own) and salt (too much of which will cause kidney problems). If science diet is your choice, that's cool. But I think it's fair to give a real assessment of what they put in their foods. So few people turn that bag around to realize they're paying for filler and very little, if any, real animal product. [/QUOTE]
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