Please Vote on one of these Two Food Ingredients? - Page 1

These two Complete Adult Foods (I wanted an all-age food rather than a concentrated Puppy Food) - seem very similar, but slightly different.

Please may I ask people here to give your Vote on which you feel might be best to choose.

WOLFHEART: (50% animal ingredients - 50% vegetables, fruits & botanicals)

Composition: Freshly Prepared Turkey (14%), Freshly Prepared Duck (13%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Dried Turkey (11%), Chick Pea Flour, Tapioca, Dried Duck (7%), Turkey Fat (5%), Turkey Gravy , Salmon Oil, Tomato Pomace, Vitamins, Minerals, Yucca, Dried Apple, Carrot Flakes, Lovage Powder, Seaweed Meal, Dried Cranberry, Aniseed and Fenugreek, Camomile Powder, Burdock Root Powder, Peppermint, Dandelion Herb, Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (120 mg/kg), Thyme, Marjoram, Oregano, Parsley, Sage

Nutritional Additives per kg
Vitamins: Vitamin A (as retinyl acetate) 14,400 IU, Vitamin D3 (as cholecalciferol) 2,165 IU, Vitamin E (as alpha tocopherol acetate) 95 mg;

Trace Elements: Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate 160 mg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 133.5 mg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 105 mg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 58 mg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 1.58 mg, Sodium Selenite 0.64 mg

Crude Protein 24 %
Crude Oils and Fats 17 %
Crude Fibres 2.5 %
Crude Ash 8.5 %
Moisture 8.5 %
Omega 6 2.8 %
Omega 3 0.5 %
Calcium 1.5 %
Phosphorus 1.0 %

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DEVOTED: Ingredients - 60% animal ingredients - 40% vegetables, fruit & botanicals)

Freshly Prepared Chicken (25%), Dried Chicken (13%), Dried Turkey (13%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Chicken Fat (7%), Chickpea, Peas, Chicken Gravy (2%), Lentils, Lucerne, Minerals, Vitamins, Mannanoligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS - 2,500mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (Prebiotic FOS - 2,500mg/kg), Seaweed, Glucosamine (175mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (175mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125mg/kg), Apple, Carrot, Camomile, Ginseng, Peppermint, Cranberry, Blueberry, Mulberry, Orange, Spinach.
Analytical constituents

Crude Protein (28%)
Crude Oils and Fats (18%)
Crude Fibres (3.5%)
Crude Ash (8.5%)
Omega 6 (3.34%)
Omega 3 (0.53%).


Thank you in anticipation, for taking the time to read, consider and give your opinion ....
Rodeo



 

Partly what you feed should depend on the age and activity level of
your dog(s), especially in terms of protein levels. For most of my dogs
the protein level of the second food, Devoted, would have been a little
higher than I'd want. But purely for an "on paper" comparison, I'd go
with the Devoted for its higher Omega 6 content and its not putting in
extra Calcium. BTW I never heard of Devoted, is it very new, or just
not in the UK yet ?

Hello Hundmutter,

Thank you for your "Vote", and your comments too. Although the Protein level is a little higher, I liked that it is for all-age, and not purely towards extra puppy growth. Google Devoted, and you will find their own Web Site (in the UK) - If interested you could ask for a discount on the smaller bag. Viovet also sell this product.

Thanks again,
Rodeo

I ALSO would prefer the Devoted I think it has more of what I would be looking for. Hoping it is easy to get for you. I look for no grains and I do prefer a higher meat content and I like the fact that as long as you dog gets along with the "one protein" that is in the food in this case "chicken" I prefer that to several different proteins. Good luck though whatever you choose. Nan

 

PS:  I also like the probiotics in this formula where not listed in the other formula.   Nan

Thanks Rodeo; sadly I recently euthanised my last dog and currently
don't have one to feed ! But I'll bear the information in mind for the
future. Linda.

don't be fooled by marketing wizardry. 'fresh', when it comes to meat, means about 80% water content. hence, your adjusted dry-matter meat component is significantly lower than the 50/60%, stated and the protein proportion, and to some extent calories, derived from animal sources is actually quite low.

Firstly, Hundmutter (Linda), I am so sorry for your recent sad loss.

Nans gsd and bebo, thank you for your helpful comments.

Your time and thoughts appreciated.

Rodeo