I am desparately looking for a true "Lamb and Rice" based food. I have a dog that's allergic to poultry and barley. I wrote these people along with other companies asking them why they call their "lamb and rice" that name when the first ingredient after the lamb was barley. Why don't they call it "Lamb and Barley" instead of rice. False information.

This is the response I got to this question AND they offered me a coupon for Kibbles 'n Bits dog food as it doesn't contain barley. Such crap! So much for this product being good anymore as it's owned by Del Monte the "green" bean people.

From: <consumeraffairs@delmonte.com>
To: <mogsds@gmail.com>
Subject: In Response to your Website Comments - Ref #004602654A JSCHWARTZ/JCONSTAN
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:12 -0400
Priority: normal

June 27, 2008
Dear Arrakis,

Thank you for your e-mail about Nature's Recipe Canine Dry Food. We're glad you took the time to contact us and appreciate the opportunity to respond.

You questioned the presence of barley in one of our Nature's Recipe Lamb and Rice varieties that don't list barley as part of the name on the label. You may be surprised to learn that a pet food label must meet many very explicit legal requirements. AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) is the state regulatory agency that determines the guidelines that pet food manufacturers use to name a flavor or variety. The AAFCO regulation states that the flavor description must have a sufficient amount of those ingredients to impart their characteristics to the product.  However, the other ingredients can be anything that would help ensure the product is nutritionally complete and balanced. Barley is a highly-digestible and normally very well-tolerated carbohydrate source, present in Nature's Recipe products in carefully balanced amounts to support pets' metabolic energy demands.

Nevertheless, we regret your disappointment. We appreciate your feedback and will bring your comments to the attention of our Management.

Thanks again for your e-mail. In an effort to help you find a product that meets your dog's dietary needs, I'm sending you some complimentary coupons in the mail for Kibbles 'n Bits Dry Dog Food. The vast majority of our Kibbles 'n Bits recipes do not contain barley. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.

Jared, Del Monte Foods Consumer Affairs
consumeraffairs@delmonte.com

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I don't know why you have an issue with the ingredients of Kibbles and Bits...    check out all the yummy ingredients!  AND there is food coloring to make it look so pretty and appealing for the owner!  And your dog shouldn't have a problem eating it - it has corn syrup to make it tasty !! 

YIKES!!!!!

Ingredients  (Kibble and Bits...)

corn, soybean meal, beef and bone meal, ground wheat flour, animal fat (bha used as preservative), corn syrup, wheat middlings, water sufficient for processing, animal digest (source of chicken flavor), propylene glycol, salt, hydrochloric acid, potassium chloride, caramel color, sorbic acid (used as a preservative), sodium carbonate, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), choline chloride, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, vitamin A supplement, niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), calcium sulfate, titanium dioxide, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, BHA (used as a preservative), dl methionine

I can personally recommend Taste of the Wild (if you search the message board you will find a couple threads regarding it)  They have a couple poultry free choices. 

There are a couple other's out there that sound great - just depends on your food budget.   Pretty much anything offered at the grocery stores and the Corporate Pet stores (Petsmart, Petco)  are going to offer crap.  Hefty advertising and fancy wording is what keeps the crap dog food industry alive...  Good luck with your search.

California Natural is an excellent dog food for dogs with allergies. Here is the ingredient list for there Lamb & RIce food. 

Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Rice, Sunflower Oil, Natual Flavors, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins, Minerals, Taurine, Rosemary Extract.

For a more detailed description of the ingredients you can go to the manufacturers website: www.naturapet.com

Kristen

Sorry...since I'm on a roll...here's one of the ingredients in Kibble and Bits...and it's pretty high up on the ingredients...and they have it in the food they want people to feed their dogs. 

Applications

Propylene glycol is used:

• As a moisturizer in medicines, cosmetics, food, toothpaste, mouth wash, and tobacco products
• As a medical and sexual lubricant (A.K.A. "personal lubricant")
• As an emulsification agent in angostura and orange bitters
• As a solvent for food colors and flavorings
• As a humectant food additive, labeled as E number E1520
• As a carrier in fragrance oils
• As a less-toxic antifreeze
• As a solvent used in mixing photographic chemicals, such as film developers
• In smoke machines to make artificial smoke for use in firefighters' training and theatrical productions
• In electronic cigarettes to make the produced vapor better resemble cigarette smoke
• In hand sanitizers, antibacterial lotions, and saline solutions
• In cryonics
• As a

Have you looked at this lamb and rice? Excellent dog food, I used it until my contact retired. Now use Evo for the most part.

http://caninecaviar.com/adultlamb.html

Ingredients: Dehydrated Lamb, Ground Pearl Millet, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Lamb, White Fish, Whole Ground Flaxseed, Sun-Cured Alfalfa, Beet Pulp Shreds, Sun-Cured Kelp, Canola Oil, Sodium Chloride, Whole Clove Garlic, Potassium Chloride, Lecithin, Peppermint, Parsley, Papaya, Dried Chicory Root, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Rose Hips, Rosemary Extract. Vitamins & Minerals: Ascorbic Acid, Zinc Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Ferrous Sulfate, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Iodate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Cobalt Carbonate, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Biotin, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite (Selenium), Beta Carotene

LOL Kibble and Bits coupons??!? I wouldn't feed my dog this garbage food if they sent me free bags of this crap for a year!

They essentally bitch slapped you Arrakis. You complained about one of the inderediants, Barley so they recommended you to a crappier product thats nothing but junk.

isn't dl methionine suppose to be used for a licensed veterinarians? What the hell is this doing inside of a commerical food? this drug is suppose to be used for as a urinary acidifier.

Damn those pharmaceutical companies trying to get our dogs hooked on their medications!

Animules

The only problem with the food you posted:  Fish meal and chicken fat.  Those ingredients to a dog who is truly allergic could cause problems....

Not a "true" lamb and rice.

You might want to check out Blue Buffalo Dog Food (www.bluebuff.com)  Another good dog food if Natual Balance (www.naturalbalanceinc.com) .  I know they have allergy formulas.  A natural diet you make yourself might also be a good choice; especially if you're just cooking for one dog.

MomofBeckett

Arrakis,

"AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) is the state regulatory agency that determines the guidelines that pet food manufacturers use to name a flavor or variety."

What a load of crap! I can not believe that they wrote that sentence. The AAFCO is an organization that was created by and is run by officials from Purina, Hill's Science Diet, Iams and few others. It does have state and federal representatives, but, it in no way is a government agency. They are so full of sh!t it isn't funny.

If you want to know what "Complete and Balanced" means please refer to this web site:

www.dogfoodproject.com   

go to Label Info 101 (this is some of the best and most important info a pet owner can read)

Please take your time and look over this whole web site. You will become a pseudo-expert on pet nutrition.