Purina ONE SmartBlend Lamb & Rice Formula
June 21, 2010
Filed under Dog Food Reviews, Latest Dog Food Reviews, Purina
This is Purina’s top of the line product, but is still a very low quality dog food. It contains small amounts of meatlittle meat and and an large amount of low quality grain ingredients. The by-product and fat are poor quality. Purina ONE contains additives such as menadione sodium bisulfite and caramel color, both proven to be toxic to some degree in animals. Animal digest is another extremely low grade ingredient and can include hooves, feathers, teeth and horns.
Purina ONE Ingredient Analysis
- Lamb
- Brewers rice
- Corn gluten meal
- Whole grain corn
- Poultry by-product meal
Lamb is a good meat source, but it is the only meat ingredient. When the water is removed for processing it losses at least 70% of its mass, moving it down the ingredient list.
Brewer’s rice, is a low quality grade grain and all of the nutrients have been removed.
Corn gluten meal, is the lowest quality grade of corn you can get.
Whole grain corn, corn is hard for dogs to digest and has been linked to allergies in some dogs.
Poultry by-product meal is an extremely low grade ingredient and includes feet, neck, feathers and undeveloped eggs.
Purina ONE Ingredient List
Lamb, brewers rice, corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, poultry by-product meal, oat meal, animal fat, soy flakes, soybean meal, glycerin, animal digest, calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, salt, potassium chloride, caramel color, Vitamin E supplement, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, ferrous sulfate, sulfur, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite.
Purina ONE Guaranteed Analysis
Guaranteed Analysis describes the nutrient content required by AAFCO labeling standards to be identified on every product package. Since these are guarantees, pet food manufacturers work to formulate diets that meet or exceed the minimum requirements.
| Crude Protein (MIN) | 26.0% | Phosphorus (P) (MIN) | 0.8% |
| Crude Fat (MIN) | 16.0% | Selenium (Se) (MIN) | 0.35 mg/kg |
| Crude Fiber (MAX) | 3.0% | Vitamin A (MIN) | 13,000 IU/kg |
| Moisture (MAX) | 12.0% | Vitamin E (MIN) | 250 IU/kg |
| Linoleic Acid (MIN) | 1.4% | Glucosamine (MIN)* | 400 ppm |
| Calcium (Ca) (MIN) | 1.0% | Omega-6 Fatty Acids (MIN)* | 1.6% |
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We have a rescue dog and she had dem. mange really bad and was starved when we got her…..the bet told us that if we didn’t want to buy the real expensive dog food, that he recommended Purina Lamb/Rice for her condition with the reocurring mange as the best food store dog food you could buy, She has thrived, had no mange come back….I hesitate to keep feeding her this now after reading all these stories…are there some good stories out there too…..she really looks great and her fur is shiny and healthy…she is an
Aussie Blue Heeler….
I too have had success with Purina One Lamb and Rice. I felt guilty that I was feeding our two large dogs a “grocery store” brand and switched to a very expensive brand that is highly recommended. After two months my dogs developed skin problems and had constant loose stools. I’ve gone back to Purina Lamb and Rice and all their problems went away. Plus – they really like it. We do supplement with some good canned food, pet vitamins, and quality bisquits.
I too have always fed Purina One, from Puppy to adult! I used Purina One Lamb & Rice for years but our 4 Boxers were getting too heavy so we switched to Healthy Weight managment a couple years ago. In the spring the days got hotter and our dogs started eating less and less so we decided to put them back on Lamb & Rice. BIG MISTAKE!!! They had changed the formula but we didn’t think too much of it and our dogs loved it. On May 4th our oldest dog Hudson came out of his pen and was acting normal and started eating, during his meal his left leg curled up and went under him. He made his way back to the pen and sat by the door of the dog house. The next morning he was in the same spot except now both rear legs would not work. We rushed him to our vet of 11 yrs and we were told it was neurological and without a lot of trial and error to figure it out he still would probably never walk again. Sadly that was the last day of his life. Now in August our indoor female started having Grand Mal Seizures and we were going to have her put down due to a suspected brain tumor. I got to thinking that the only change we had made was the dog food. Surely that could not be it! While walking her before work this morning I heard that familar sound of a dog seizing and I ran over to the pen, our 9 yr old male was in his house having a GRAND MAL SEIZURE, I gave him an anti-seizure drug that I had for my female. I then decided to google Purina One Lamb & Rice and seizures, I was shocked to see all the people who have been through the same things and most of the pets mentioned have died. I called Purina and they took the numbers off the bag and that was it. I asked would there be any follow up and was told no. When I told the girl I was talking to that I was going to have the food checked at LSU and call the media she offered to send a sample kit for me to send some of the food in for them to test but that I would have to call them back 14 days later, needless to say please don’t feed your dogs this food. They may love it but you will hate it when you see your precious pet thrashing around in a seizure and falling and foaming at the mouth!!! We have new dog food and we will take the wait and see road to find out if the food change helps or if too much damage has already been done. These dogs are like our children but Purina does not care, they are in it for the money!
I came across this site while searching for Smartblend and seizures. I actually have a cat who has eaten the original purina one formula for years with no issues. About 5 weeks ago, I picked up a bag of Purina One Smartblend Chicken and Rice. My cat had its first seizure about 4 days later. He had about 5 seizures in a 3 day span. We took him to the vet, urine and blood tests came out normal. The vet suspected he was exposed to something which was causing the seizures since he has never had any issues during his life (he is seven years old). Being cautious, we changed the cat food immediately to an Iams formula. He did not have another seizure but he doesnt like the Iams food very much. Then last week I picked up another bag Smartblend thinking perhaps it was something else that caused the seizure. Our vet was also very doubtful it was related to the food. But again, 4 days after feeding him the first bowl he had another seizure. He has now had 2, 24 hours apart. I immediately took him off the food and will be watching him closely. What is scary is the seizure I witnessed last night was much more violent than the first round.
I was curious to find out what others experiences were once you took them off the smartblend. Did the seizures stop? What could they have added to this formula to be causing our pets to react this way when the original formula had no issues?
I have a german shepherd that has EPI. Buckley is almost a year and for almost a solid year has had loose stools , cow patty like, and was to the point of looking emaciated. I tried everything the vet recommended, even 83 dollars for 30 pounds of hills prescription i/d food. I tried natural balance swet potato and salmon, potato and duck, call of the wild, bark at the moon solid gold, chicken soup for the dog lovers soul, candiae, you name it we tried it all on a 2 to three week trial. Nothingggggggggg worked with his enzyme powder. I bought purina one smart blend lamb nd rice for our other gsd bc buckley was costing so much on the highend foods, mind you typical price 58 dollars plus two cans of wet a day for 2.68 a can normal price. We are talking at least 160 a month to feed him. Since nothing was working said fudge it and mixed his enzyme powder with this and this alone. I mixed 2 cups with two teaspoons pancreplus and luke warm 1/2 cup water and boom….his stools went from explosive hershey squirts to solid stools in 24 hours. I can never thank purina enough. This has been the only dog food that has ever worked for him. He has gained a few pounds in the past five days, and his hair stopped falling out. He is no longer lethargic, and is happy, playful and go lucky. I went from considering euthanizing him so he was no longer in pain, to tossing ball with him in the back yard in 7 days. WOW.