Dog Food Comparison
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When trying to make a dog food comparison (and puppy food comparison) it can be difficult to wade through all the information and hype that surrounds commercial dog food today. | Name of Food | 1st Three Ingredients | Vitamins & Minerals | DHA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eukanuba Small Breed Puppy | Chicken, chicken by-product meal, ground wholegrain sorghum | v | v |
| Eukanuba Med. Breed Puppy | Chicken, chicken by-product meal, ground wholegrain sorghum | v | v |
| Eukanuba Lg. Breed Puppy | Chicken, corn meal, ground wholegrain sorghum | v | v |
| Purina One Puppy | Lamb, brewers yeast, corn gluten meal | v | v |
| Diamond Lg. Breed Puppy | Lamb, egg product, lamb meal | v | v |
| Diamond Sm. Breed Puppy | Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearl barley | v | v |
| Diamond Puppy | Chicken by-product meal, wholegrain ground corn, wheat flour | v | v |
| Flint River Ranch Puppy | Chicken meal, wholewheat flour, Ground Rice | v | v |
| Innova Puppy | Turkey, chicken, chicken meal | v | |
| Science Diet Original | Ground wholegrain corn, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal | v | v |
| Solid Gold Hundchenflocken Puppy | Lamb, lamb meal, ocean fish meal | v | |
| Wolfcub Lg. Breed Puppy | Bison, salmon meal, ground rice | v |
AAFCO guidelines set a minimum of 22% protein but an average puppy food will contain around 25%. Puppy food especially designed for small breeds should contain a higher percentage of protein than those formulated for large breed puppies, due to their different metabolisms.
Fat is generally around 15%, but again is often quite a bit higher in small breed puppy food than in the ones designed for large breed puppies.
| Name of Food | Crude Protein | Crude Fat | Crude Fiber | Moisture | DHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eukanuba Sm. Breed Puppy | 32% | 21% | 4% | 10% | 0.1% | Eukanuba Med. Breed Puppy | 26% | 14% | 5% | 10% | 0.1% |
| Eukanubal Lg. Breed Puppy | 29% | 18% | 4% | 10% | 0.1% |
| Purina One Puppy | 28% | 16% | 3% | 12% | 0.1% |
| Diamond Lg. Breed Puppy | 27% | 15% | 3% | 10% | 0.05% |
| Diamond Sm. Breed Puppy | 32% | 22% | 3% | 10% | 0.05% |
| Diamond Puppy | 31% | 20% | 3% | 10% | 0.05% |
| Flint River Ranch | 23% | 12% | 4% | 10% | |
| Innova Puppy | 26% | 12% | 3.5% | 10% | unknown |
| Science Diet Puppy | 25.5% | 16.5% | 3% | unknown | unknown |
| Solid Gold Hundchenflocken Puppy | 28% | 14% | 4% | 10% | unknown |
| Solid Gold Wolfcub Lg. Breed Puppy | 26% | 12% | 4% | 10% | unknown |
In the above puppy food comparison chart, Crude Protein, Crude Fat and DHA figures indicate the minimum amount of each that the food should contain. Crude Fiber and Moisture are the shown as maximums.
If you have friends or family members who share their lives with a dog (or dogs!), why not share this important information with them?
If your puppy has a tendency towards allergies, keep an eye on her if the food you choose contains ground corn or soybean meal as they may cause problems.
If you find your little furbaby has an upset tummy, diarrhea or excessive itchiness after starting on a new puppy kibble, she may be suffering from dog food allergies.
Try changing over (slowly) to another brand, or look at making your own home made dog food so that you can control exactly what goes into her bowl! Other options are
ANY Dog Food
... according to the quality of it's ingredients.
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