Ol Roy Dog Food
October 3, 2008
Filed under Dog Food Reviews, Ol Roy Dog Food Recall, Ol' Roy
Thinking about feeding your dog Ol’ Roy dog food? If so please think again. Ol’ Roy dog food and treats have been involved in numerous dog food recalls. Ol’ Roy Dog Food is manufactured by Wal-Mart. The brand is named after the dog of Wal-Mart’s owner, Sam Walton. The Ol’ Roy Dog Food formulas are well-known among dog owners in the United States because it’s quite inexpensive compared to other popular brands. However, the dog food brand has received a lot of negative feedback because of its low quality ingredients as well as the controversy when it tested positive to the presence of Pentobarbital. We do not recommend this dog food brand and believe it is in the lowest tier in terms of quality.
The Ol’ Roy Dog product lines now include six kibbles and each formula has been designed to meet the AAFCO nutrient profiles required for all life stages.
First five Ol’ Roy dog food Ingredients:
- Ground yellow corn
- soybean meal
- ground whole wheat
- corn syrup
- poultry fat
Although there are different product formulas, they share the same low-quality and controversial basal ingredients. The first five ingredients include ground yellow corn, soybean meal, ground whole meat or meat and bone meal, corn syrup, and poultry fat or chicken by-product meal.
Corn is a common first ingredient among the different Ol’ Roy dog food formulas. Dogs do not need corn as their main source of nutrients. Although it is a rich carbohydrate source, corn which is used for dog food are usually of the livestock feed grade. Another reason to be wary about having corn in the top five ingredients is that corn has been linked to food allergies in dogs.
Meat and bone meal is a good source of meat concentrates, in fact much better than raw meat, but there is a question regarding the source of the components of the meal. The usual practice in feed industries is to make meat and bone meal from animal tissues which have been deemed unsuitable for human food. The meal is actually made of rendered animal products including stomach contents, bones, skin, manure, hair, hoof or horns. Compared to other meat-based meals, meat and bone meal has a lower digestibility and thus cannot be fully metabolized and used by the dog’s body.
Soybean meal is a by-product when extracting soybean oil. Although it contains 48% protein, it is still a plant-based protein, one which is not efficiently assimilated and utilized thus it is considered of low biological value.
Chicken by-product meal is also another ingredient made from dry rendered products of slaughterhouse waste. Once the prime cuts of dressed chicken have been removed, what’s left are made into an unsavory chicken by-product meal, which, just like any by-product meal uses ingredients declared unfit for human consumption.
Animal fat is another by-product of rendering. Since it does not specify what animal the fat is from, it could come from any source including slaughterhouse waste or even restaurant grease.
As though using meat by-products is not bad enough, preserving fat with BHA further brings the quality of the dog food formulas to a much lower level. BHA has been identified as a carcinogen not only in people but in animals as well. Another controversial ingredient is the addition of artificial food color which is another suspected carcinogen.
There is no mention of the incorporation of probiotics or beneficial microorganisms which have been associated with boosting the process of digestion.
Customer Reviews
Any Ol’ Roy dog food formula often receives praise when it comes to its price. However, the high rating stops there. Many dog owners are not satisfied with the questionable and low-fat ingredients which are incorporated in their dog foods.
There are reports of digestive upsets including vomiting and diarrhea as well as of dogs having rough and dry hair coats.
A lot of people decide to buy Ol Roy dog food based on the fact that it is cheap. Thinking like this will catch up to you in vet bills. Your going to take your dog to the vet twice as much as you would if you fed your dog a healthier brand of food.
When looking for dog food, look for a brand that has at least two sources of meat in the first five ingredients, and contains no corn or grains.
Alicia, I agree. Costco’s Kirkland Signature is a 4* food. It is available at Costco’s worldwide.It is $14 for a 20lb bag. And the big 40lb bag is $25. You can check out the review on this site.
Anyone who feeds their dog Ol’ Roy needs their head examined. As the previous poster said….. IT HAS NO MEAT IN IT!, AND yes dogs are carnivores!
If you have been feeding this crap and your dogs are doing okay, believe me they won’t be in time. I just can’t believe how cheap and ignorant some people are. When the facts are pointed out to them they continue to say they are right. Why do you think this food is so cheap??????? Duh!!!!
I have known several people who had dogs that just suddenly went into renal failure on this food. Wake up people who feed this! It is just irresponsible to feed this. I read a post on another site a few years back by a guy who was just heartbroken when his $3,000 German Shepard died as a result of eating this food. Paid 3 grand for a dog, and then fed it Ol’ Roy; what an idiot.
I bought Ol’Roy munchy bones,says on pkg. bones are long lasting.Bone lasted less than 5 minutes.
I wish I could upload a picture of what I just opened. I went to empty a new bag of Ol Roy into my dogs food bin and I think there is a large dead animal in the food. I quickly stuffed the whole bag into the bin, covered it and will be bringing it back to Walmart. I took pictures…where can I upload them too? I will never feed this to my dog again!
wow im glad i decided to do some google-ing on this food, i didnt know it was that bad, all my babies eat it and seemed fine, but i guess i was wrong..i love them all too much to keep feeding them garbage, i wouldnt want to eat something like that, so im not gonna keep maikng them. they not be expensivr high class dogs..ones a pitbull, my boys a rotti/husky mix, and then a puppy that happened from the two of them before i could get her fixed…so theyre not expensive dogs i paid a ton for, but i love them to death and would do just about anything to keep them helathy and around that much longer and happy…so im gonna keep googling till i find a batter food for them
i have been feeding my pit bull this do food since she was about 6 months old
now she is 3 years old no shots and she like her food and she is about 140 lbs
so yeah just because its cheap doesnt mean its bad and i u do dies from dog food well that sucks but my pit is heathey as she was a puppy but idc i feed her cake cheese burgers anythin left over he noes she will et as long as she dont beg or cry for it but yeah nothing is wrong with this dog food it feeds the dog she likes it how do i no that she does hmmm cause she eats it non stop and goes thew 3 hudge bags a month the biggest ones they got i think its 50 lbs
but yeaaaah this food is fine as long as u dont hae a sissy dog or a picky dog
for pits and rottys they like it
My dogs love Ol Roy.. It is the only food they will eat, & I’ve tried them all… I’m not worried about ingredients like by- products, after all, if in the wild they would consume them regularly.. As long as they are healthy & happy, then I’m happy too.. Their coats have never shined more..!!
I meant 5 stars, not 1, sorry..!!
“me” 140 lb pitbull? If that’s not a typo maybe stop with the burgers. Diana, with the by-products I agree that in and of itself is not as bad as some will make out. However, as the only “meat” source it’s not very nutritional. This is why you will always see a soy product in the food. This boosts the protein in the food. It’s is not a natural protein source for dogs, thus causing problems for a lot of dogs.
ol roy have changed, you don’t kill your dog with it. In the past i have used this food for my dog, but i have switched to better food, my cocker need better quality food, she have 8 year now, and i have a puppy great dane…and with food under 400cal/cup he eat too cup a day and my husky loss hair continuellely. i have start to make home food with poultry,fish and beef and potato.the probleme is the time…now i use Corey ProSeries..this food is awesome..my husky loss less hair, my great dane eat less and very energetic and my cocker seem 2-3 year less old