Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food
Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food
Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food is made and manufactured by Procter and Gamble. This Iams dog food is recommend for Adult Small Breed Dogs
Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food Review
When look at dog food recipes the first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of the kibble. The first five ingredients are going to make up the majority of the dog food in most cases.
First Five Ingredients of Iams Active Maturity Large Breed Dog Food:
- Chicken
- Corn Meal
- Chicken By-Products
- Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
- Chicken Fat
Chicken is the first ingredient. This ingredient is inclusive of its water content. Meaning that once the water is removed and the products becomes a dry ingredient it will lose a good portion of its weight, thus making it fall further in the ingredients list.
Corn Meal is the second ingredient. Corn provides your dogs with no nutritional value. Dogs digestive system have a hard time digesting this ingredient. If you feed your dog a corn kernel, you will get a corn kernel out. Corn in excess has also been linked to many case of dog allergies.
The third ingredient Chicken By-Products are basically low quality parts of the Chicken that are rejected form human consumption. We want to avoid this ingredient, unless the manufacture identifies what actually makes up their By-Product ingredients.
The fourth ingredient Sorghum is a decent quality grain.
Chicken Fat is the fifth ingredient and is this foods main source of fat.
Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food Full Ingredients List:
Chicken, Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Beet Pulp, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Chicken Meal, Chicken Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Potassium Chloride, Brewers Dried Yeast, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Salt, Flax Meal, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Caramel, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Calcium Carbonate, DL-Methionine, Rosemary Extract.
Iams Adult Small & Toy Breed ProActive Health Dog Food Guaranteed Analysis:
| Nutrient | (percent) |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein, minimum | 27.0 |
| Crude Fat, minimum | 17.0 |
| Crude Fiber, maximum | 4.0 |
| Moisture, maximum | 10.0 |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids, minimum | 2.5* |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids, minimum | .25* |
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Review
This food is absolutely HORRIBLE. Being naive, I purchased what I THOUGHT was a good quality brand name food for my pet that was easy to find. WRONG. Poor Bailey suffered months of allergies, skin problems, and (most notably) ear infections. A bit of research led me to discover that corn causes ALLERGIES and EAR INFECTIONS….geeeeee, surprise surprise. I have since switched her to Natural Balance and have had much much better results for Bailey!
my pets have eaten iams for years and have had hot spots ,itching, and chronic ear infections. i never thought it might be the food. i switched brands and they seem to be getting better. i will NOT use iams again…
I think it might need to be said that just because a pet has problems with a food means its a “bad product”, it just means your pet could not tolerate it, which to me are 2 different subjects. I think IAMS is a good company and puts out a pretty decent product so its not really accurate to say its “horrible dog food” Obviously some dogs react negatively on it>Just like people suffer problems and allergies from foods means that some cannot eat certain foods, it is not indicative of the quality of the product. My 0.02 cents.
Dixie has been eating Iams proactive , and has gone through a skin infection on her back! It was horrible,giving her the antibotics for two weeks ! Will try the Precise dog food , heard it was great for them .