Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance and Stress

Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance & Stress

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Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance and Stress Review

Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance & Stress is lower quality dog food. This formula contains some lower quality ingredients that we prefer not to see in dog food. The meat in this formula is abundant, but comes from unidentified origins.

Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance and Stress First Five Ingredients Analysis:

1. Chicken By-Products Meal
2. White Rice
3. Menhaden Fish Meal
4. Lard
5. Safflower Oil

Chicken By-Products is the first ingredient. When this ingredient is used, we prefer that the manufacture properly identify what exactly is being used. Most of the time Chicken By-Products are a lower quality source of meat that comes from the unusable parts of a chicken that are rejected from human consumption.

White Rice is the second ingredient and is the main grain source of this food. White Rice is classified as a decently quality grain.

Menhaden Fish Meal is the third ingredient and makes up most of the meat content. As with all fish products we look for a statement stating the use of ethoxyquin free ingredients but failed to find one. This ingredient is going to also make up a good portion of the protein.

The fourth ingredient Lard is a lower quality fat ingredient that we prefer not used in dog food. Fat ingredients are an essential part of a dogs diet, but we feel that there are better sources of fat.

Safflower Oil is the fifth ingredient and is a highly unsaturated oil extracted from safflower seeds excellent for the skin and coat.

Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance & Stress Full Ingredients List:

Chicken By-Products Meal (Highest Quality), White Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (Select Grade), Lard (the finest land-based source of the longest chain Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids), Safflower Oil, Beef Fat, Dicalcium Phosphate, Beef Meat & Bone Meal, Potassium Chloride, Undefatted Beef Liver (Human Grade), Flaxseed Oil (Organic), Whey Protein Concentrate, Choline Choride, Natural Flavor, Menhaden Fish Oil, Ferrous Sulfate, d-Alpha Tocopheeryl Actate (Source of natural Viatmin E), Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Acetate, Taurine, Niacinamide, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Inositol, Citrus Bioflavanoid Complex, Ergocaciferol (Vitamin D3), Manganese Sulfate, Riboflavin, Potassium Iodide, Phytonadione (Vitamin K1), Thimaine Hydrochloride, Cupric Oxide, Chromium GTF, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Biotin, Cyanocobalamin Concentrate (Vitamin B12).

We would like to note the use of Vitamin K. This ingredient has been linked to cases of liver problems.

Phosphorus min ……… 1.2% ……… max 1.8%

Abady Maintenance/Stress and Growth Formula for Adults Full Guaranteed Analysis:

Crude Protein not less than ……… 30%
Crude Fat not less than ……… 28%
Crude fiber not more than ……… 2.234%
Moisture not more than ……… 5.98%
Linoleic Acid not less than ……… 5%
Calcium min ……… 2.4% ……… max 2.6%
Phosphorus min ……… 1.2% ……… max 1.8%

Abady Maintenance/Stress and Growth Formula for Adults Final Thoughts:

We feel that this formula does not meet our standards of a qaulity dog food brand. I would not recommend this dog food brand. IF, the company disclosed what is in their Chicken By-Products it would make this a better choice of dog food.

Abady Maintenance/Stress and Growth Formula for Adults Feeding Guidelines:

6 to 9 weeks……2/3 cup per 5lbs of body weight.
9 to 12 weeks……1/2 cup per 5lbs of body weight
12 to 15 weeks……3/4 cup per 10lbs of body weight
15 to 18 weeks……3/5 cup per 10lbs of body weight
18 to 20 weeks……1/3 cup per 10lbs of body weight
20 weeks+……3/7 cup per 10lbs of body weight