ZiwiPeak Cuisine dog food - Page 1

Given the increased cost of frozen raw pet food, I am exploring using the air-dried, ZiwiPeak Cuisine from New Zealand. http://www.ziwipeak.com/Products/ZiwiPeak-Cuisine/ 

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http://www.completepetmart.biz/zivedogcu11l.html   ZiwiPeak Healthy Daily Cuisine - A stand alone diet, or perfect add on to your current food, dry or raw, bringing valuable meat based protein and palatability in every scoop!

ZiwiPeak 'Cuisine' helps to promote:

• Energy and Vitality

• General Well-being

• Digestion

• Healthy Coat and Skin

• Reduced Bad Breath, Flatulence and Stools

• Long-term Joint Health

• Weight Control

ZiwiPeak Cuisine A Natural Balanced 'Real Meat' Diet

The peak health of cats and dogs depends on the sustenance they get from real meat. ZiwiPeak 'Cuisine' is formulated with the same balance of meat ingredients that cats and dogs would find by hunting in the wild.

ZiwiPeak ingredients are ranch-raised (free of antibiotics and hormones) on New Zealand's green fields and fished from its clear blue waters. Only ingredients 'passed fit for human consumption' make the grade. With no colors, preservatives, fillers or grains. ZiwiPeak 'Cuisine' is suitable to feed your pet at any stage of life - from puppy or kitten to mature adult. Most importantly, they love the taste!

The Diet Nature Intended - The metabolism of cats and dogs operates at the peak of health on a largely carnivorous diet. After-all, cats and dogs historically evolved as hunters. The diet formulation used in ZiwiPeak 'Cuisine' has been balanced by veterinarians, to provide a pet's natural; nutrient, vitamin and mineral requirements.

Feeding cats and dogs the meat-based diets that nature intended, provides their bodies with the natural sustenance and energy that they need to get the most out of life. Synthesized products ultimately will not help pets to reach the peak of good health.

Ziwipeak is not heat processed, instead a unique, gentle Air-Dried Process is used.

ZiwiPeak products are manufactured to the highest international quality benchmarks by ZiwiPeak Limited in a controlled, sophisticated plant. Products meet stringent NZFSA and AAFCO approved standards.

The gentle air-drying process delivers a high quality ‘dry’ food product, whilst maintaining the nutritional integrity of the natural raw materials.

It is a sterile and safe method under controlled conditions. The dehydration process provides for exactly the right level of moisture removal to make the product shelf-stable, without altering its state or disrupting its nutritional value.

Venison Ingredients (meat min 65%, venison organs min 19.5%): Venison - Meat, Liver, Tripe, Heart & Kidney, Chickory Syrup, Green-lipped and Blue Mussel, Hoki Fish Oil, Lecithin, Kelp, Vitamins & Minerals, Mixed Tocopherals and Parsley.

Guaranteed Analysis: Protein 30% ; Fat 30% ; Moisture 10% ; Ash 9% ; Calcium 2% ; Phosporus P 1.1% ; Fibre 1%

An 11 lb bag feeds an average 70 lb dog for 20 days.

 

I know you're thinking that $90 for an 11# bag is pretty damned pricey. However when you consider that the Cuisine has only 10% moisture (compared with ~78-82% to raw meat or canned), 11# of air-dried meat is the equivalent of 85# of frozen, raw, dog food mixes. This brings the rehydrated price of ZiwiPeak down to a tad over $1/#.   ZiwiPeak Venison "Cuisine" ingredients (meat min 65%, venison organs min 19.5%): venison - meat, liver, tripe, heart & kidney, chickory syrup, green-lipped and blue mussel, hoki fish oil, lecithin, kelp, vitamins & minerals, mixed tocopherals and parsley.   No, I'd never feed ZiwiPeak as a sole diet--11# is supposed to feed a 70# dog for 20 days. However, it is great to add to a mix of kibble, Olewo/Happy Dog (grain-free), other raw meats and meaty bones, raw eggs, Honest Kitchen Embark, etc.   I suspect it would make good tracking bait, too.

I have been using it added to Addiction kangaroo-based kibble. My male has done quite well on it. But, I have ceased using it, until my puppy grows up. They both get the kangaroo kibble and some freeze-dried venison, along with meaty bones.

Too bad the Addiction kibble is not grain-free.

Now, how about the air-dried, grain-free diet with Brushtail (Possum) as a protein source!!

What brand of freeze-dried venison do you feed?

The lady who owns the store (~20 miles away in Woodland-- where I have been buying my dry dog food) dropped off an 11# sack of ZiwiPeak Venison Cuisine at my house this evening. I figure that having it delivered free by someone whose home is a couple of miles away saves me ~2 gallons of gasoline.

Yes, I can buy it somewhat cheaper (even with shipping--that is, when on sale) on the internet. However, I'd rather give give my business to a small, private retailer (runs a tiny grooming shop) who is trying to earn a livelihood locally while coping with the damned fuel surcharges for deliveries to her store.