Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food
December 6, 2008 by admin
Filed under Science Diet
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food is made and manufactured by; Hills Pet Nutrition Inc… Science diet makes both dry and canned versions of dog food. We are going to be reviewing the dry versions.
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food Review
As with all dog food recipes the first thing we are going to look at are the first five ingredients. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of the dog food. When looking at the first five ingredients you want to make sure there is plenty of meat and grains are minimal.
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food First Five Ingredients:
- Ground Whole Grain Corn
- Chicken By-Products
- Animal Fat
- Dried Beet Pulp
- Soybean Oil
Whole Grain Corn is the first ingredient. Corn provides your dogs with no nutritional value. Dog’s digestive systems 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 cases of dog allergies.
Chicken By-Products is the second ingredient. This ingredient is impossible to determine the actual quality of. The AAFCO definition of chicken by-product meal is “a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.”
Animal Fat is the third ingredient and also is an unidentifiable ingredient. This ingredient can come from anything/anywhere. Basically manufactures don’t have to disclose the origins of this ingredient and thus should be avoided.
Beet Pulp is the fifth ingredient. It is thought by some to be a cause of excess stress on kidneys and cause allergies and ear infections.
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food First Full Ingredients:
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food Guaranteed Analysis:
| Nutrient | Dry Matter1 % |
| Protein | 29.8 |
| Fat | 27.2 |
| Carbohydrate (NFE) | 35.4 |
| Crude Fiber | 1.8 |
| Calcium | 0.94 |
| Phosphorus | 0.77 |
| Sodium | 0.36 |
| Potassium | 0.79 |
| Magnesium | 0.086 |
¹The nutrient in the product after moisture is removed. It is used to make direct comparisons of nutrient profiles of products with differing moisture contents.
Review
We recently adopted a pomerainian mix from the local humane society. They had been feeding him Science Diet adult fitness original. After reading the above review I wonder why they recommend this food. Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks
Don
Don, Science Diet is recommended by most vets because they get promotional freebies and sponsorship from the brand. If you’re looking for a really good food that is reasonably priced, look into Blue Buffalo, in my opinion it’s the best brand on the market right now.