Taste of the wild dog food - Page 3

I have fed Taste of the Wild to my dogsincluding the puppies for the last almost 2 years and all the dogs have done well.

Ajay Singh
www.ajaysingh.com

I want to thank everyone for there feed back. I found some one to test my food to see if it was bad and I will let everyone know if something was wrong with the food. All I know is that my dog is died and we are still missing him. He was  Ebo Von Haus Agee Out off all the shepherds I have owned He was the best.

 Please keep this thread posted.   I am very curious about the outcome.

Thank you.

By law, unless a pet food manufacturer directly adds it to their foods, they are not required to list it on their ingredients, even if they KNOW that a supplier is using it in the raw materials they get. TOTW doesn't add ethoxyquin to their foods, but the fish meal they get in to mix up their batches has it added.

Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative – and possible carcinogenic – regulated by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) as a pesticide. While ethoxyquin cannot be used in human foods, it continues to be used in many pet food brands. Ethoxyquin has been found to promote kidney carcinogenesis and significantly increase the incidence of stomach tumors and enhanced bladder carcinogesis, according to several studies, including a recent one by The Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.

it is only fish meals that are worrisome - fish is not. If the bag says salmon, then you're fine, if it says salmon meal - check. All of the meat meals are fine as they are all naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols (Vit E and rosemary is most common, followed by citric acid).

Pet food manufacturers are not legally required to list ethoxyquin on their labeling unless they add it themselves during processing. This means if their suppliers use it on their crude ingredients before delivery to the processing plant, they are not required to list it on the bag. Note that foods containing FISH, SALMON, OCEAN FISH, MENHADEN, HERRING, WHITEFISH, etc are ethoxyquin free, unless otherwise specified on the packaging, as these ingredients are made from fresh fish. The ingredients that you should be concerned about are fish MEALS (ocean fish meal, herring meal, salmon meal, etc).


List of Ethoxyquin free foods:
Innova
Evo
California Naturals
Blue Buffalo
By Nature
Flint River Ranch
Fromm
Merrick
Petcurean
Timberwolf
Wellness
Orijen
Acana
Nature’s Variety
Life’s Abundance
Halo (Spot’s Stew)
Horizon
Pinnacle
Canine Caviar
Eagle Pack
Evangers
Castor & Pollux
Evolve
Nature’s Logic
Grandma Mae’s
Ziwi Peak
Nature’s Logic

Foods confirmed to use ethoxyquin (should be avoided):
Diamond
Canidae
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul
Solid Gold
Artemis
Taste of the Wild
Iams
Eukanuba
Natural Balance
Hills
Premium Edge
Fosters & Smith
Nutro
Kirkland

When there are foods out there that are free from toxins, why feed food that could potentially harm your dog – when you have a choice?


these foods have been confirmed by a Canine Nutritionist who has personally called and discussed where they get their fish from and whether it contains ethoxyquin.

 

The difference between some of the above brands and the new one being sold at Costco is precisely that...the latter doesn't contain SALMON, it contains salmon MEAL. Therefore, it may have the secret ingredient--and probably does, considering the law about meals entering the country. The only way Costco can sell that stuff cheap is if someone makes it cheaply.

I still can't bring myself to feed kibble at all.

"I still can't bring myself to feed kibble at all."
I agree VomMarischal

I feed raw myself, wouldn't have it any other way.

 

I fed TOTW for awhile and dog stated out doing well. After about 6 mo he started losing all his hair in clumps. I quickly switched to Orijen and he cleared up in no time. Diamond brands are cheap but are not noted for high quality of there food products. I have since settled on Innova adult and my boy looks great.

Freaking dog food! 

vtechmandy

This is what I have been told about Ethoxyquin...Most of the fish meal that is brought into port from ships is preserved with Ethoxyquin (which is required by the FDA and also the Coast Guard) to prevent the fish meal from decaying.  But once the fish meal (that is preserved with Ethoxyquin) is cooked the Ethoxyquin dissipates. Now some dog food companies will add Ethoxyquin to their pet food during the the cooking process. There are other pet food companies that use Naturox (a natural preservative that contains citric acid and vitamin E).

It is truely scary what goes into some dog foods. I even contacted a few petfood companies to see if they either added or used fish meal that is preserved with Ethoxyquin. I was told by one company that Ethoxyquin is being used in scientific research to help fight cancer (not sure if this is true or not as I havent seen anywhere to co-oberate this statement).