Here's a typical adult food
Pork Meal, Ground Yellow Corn, Ground Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Beet Pulp, Anchovy & Sardine Meal, Oatmeal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Flaxseed, Wheat Germ Meal, Dried Egg Product, Potassium Chloride, Carrots, Peas, DL-Methionine, Vitamins [Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Biotin], Minerals [Zinc Polysaccharide Complex, Iron Polysaccharide Complex, Manganese Polysaccharide Complex, Copper Polysaccharide Complex, Cobalt Carbonate, Potassium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Choline Chloride, Dried Kelp, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Inulin, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Product, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract.
I see too much corn
...too much rice
...the animal digest by-product is broken down by scientific name to hide it (enterococcus faecium is poop)
...beet pulp and yucca are controversial
...much of this fermentation product is like the leftover sludge from making beer and other things that DO NOT need to be in dog food. Aspergillus niger is black mold used to make citric acid. It can also be used to make things like Beano. They probably add this to keep the dog from getting gassy eating this garbage.
...concentrated amount of anchovys can cause domoic acid poisoning, this acid is a neurotoxin, so anchovy meal might not be so great
All in all, I would NOT feed this to my animals
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