Great list! Here is the other part of the those grades. This is how they came
up with them and how you can grade your dog food.
How to grade your dog's food: Start with a grade of 100:
1) For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points 2) For every
non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal or fat) reference,
subtract 10 points 3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10
points 4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5
points 5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first
five ingredients (I.e. "ground brown rice", "brewers rice", "rice flour" are
all the same grain), subtract 5 points 6) If the protein sources are not meat
meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3
points 7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points 8 ) If it
contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points 9) If corn is listed
in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points 10) If the food contains any
animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points 11) If lamb is the only
animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources),
subtract 2 points 12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points 13) If
it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic to wheat),
subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not
allergic to beef), subtract 1 point 15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
Extra Credit: 1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points 2) If the
food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points 3) If
the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points 4) If the food contains
probiotics, add 3 points 5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points 6) If the
food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points 7) If the
animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points 8 ) If the
food contains barley, add 2 points 9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not
just the seeds), add 2 points 10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1
point 11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point 12) For every
different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count
"chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken" and ""
as 2 different sources), add 1 point 13) If it contains glucosamine and
chondroitin, add 1 point 14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides
and are pesticide-free, add 1 point
Score: 94-100+ = A, 86-93 = B, 78-85 = C, 70-77 = D, 69 and below = F
Here are a list of dog foods and their grades.
Tara
Dog Food Grades------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
---------Dog Food scores:Alpo Prime Cuts / Score 81 CArtemis Large/Medium Breed
Puppy / Score 114 A+Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+Authority Harvest
Baked Less Active / Score 93 BBeowulf Back to Basics / Score 101 A+Bil-Jac
Select / Score 68 FBlackwood 3000 Lamb and Rice / Score 83 CBlue Buffalo
Chicken and Rice / Score 106 A+Burns Chicken and Brown Rice / Score 107
A+Canidae / Score 112 A+Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+Diamond Maintenance /
Score 64 FDiamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 BDiamond Large Breed 60+ Formula
/ Score 99 ADiamond Performance / Score 85 CDick Van Patten's Natural Balance
Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+Dick Va n Patten's Natural Balance Venison and
Brown Rice / Score 106A+Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106
A+EaglePack Holistic / Score 102 A+Eukanuba Adult / Score 81 CEukanuba Puppy /
Score 79 CFlint River Senior / Score 101 A+Foundations / Score 106
A+Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 BIams Lamb Meal &
Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 DInnova Dog / Score 114 A+Innova Evo / Score
114 A+Innova Large Breed Puppy / Score 122 A+Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice,
and Vegetables / Score 110 A+Member's Mark Chicken and Rice / Score 84 CMerrick
Wilderness Blend / Score 127 A+Nature's Recipe / Score 100 ANature's Recipe
Healthy Skin Venison and Rice / Score 116 A+Nature's Variety Raw Instinct /
Score 122 A+Nutra Nuggets Super Premium Lamb Meal and Rice / Score 81
CNutrience Junior Medium Breed Pupp y / Score 101 A+Nutrisource Lamb and Rice /
Score 87 BNutro Max Adult / Score 93 BNutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice /
Score 98 ANutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 BNutro Natural
Choice Puppy Wheat Free / Score 86 BNutro Natural Choice Senior / Score 95
ANutro Ultra Adult / Score 104 A+Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23
FPremium Edge Chicken, Rice and Vegetables Adult Dry / Score 109 A+Pro Nature
Puppy / Score 80 CPro Plan Sensitive Stomach / Score 94 APurina Ben ful / Score
17 FPurina Dog / Score 62 FPurina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 FPurina One Large
Breed Puppy / Score 62 FRoyal Canin Boxer / Score 103 A+Royal Canin Bulldog /
Score 100 A+Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+Science Diet Advanced
Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 FScience Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69
FSensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 ASolid Gold / Score 99 ASummit /
Score 99 ATimberwolf Or ganics Wild & Natural Dry / Score 120 A+Wellness Super5
Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:30:10
-0800Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Dogfood Question
My 4 chi love it i have no problems at all .It is not easy araund my town to
find anything else.We have one Petshope in Town and i will not spend a $ in
that Place.They shut it down 2 times and letting her open it over and over.I,m
not helping her to make money so she kan abuse more animals.She run a Puppymill
in SC and they got all the Animals out of there.Dogs Birds a.s.o.
She went to Court and pays a smale fine thats it. God bless you.Claudia
----- Original Message ----From: mlf107 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:10:26 PMSubject: [Chihuahuas] Re:
Dogfood Question
Hello,I feed my Chi Iams and started him on that because other friends
including breeders and groomers I know feed it to their chi's as well. Mine has
done just fine!--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, claudia werner <claudiawrnr@
...> wrote:>> I been feeding my Chia Iams Dogfood as i have with allmy dogs I
owend over the last 17 years.I have chekted onTimber Wolf Dogfood,but i can not
get it araund my Town ore in a 50mile range.My question: is Iams a good Dog
food For chis ore shuld I try to find a diferend one if so any sugsecion? I
feed iams for smal and toy.They like it .> > God bless you.Claudia> > >
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