Gag Contest: Which Pet Food Has The Worst Ingredients

You win, Toscasmom. It is Hill's Advanced Protection

Hill's Science Diet Adult Diet (Large Breed)


Ingredients
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Soybean Mill Run (16% source of fiber), Chicken By-Product Meal, Peanut Hulls, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Dried Egg Product, Dicalcium Phosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Iodized Salt, 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), Dried Chicken Cartilage, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Taurine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Tryptophan, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.

ROFL! I nearly have Hill's mem'rized, it's so odious. I took particular insult to that Advanced Protection. Talk about a misnomer! What's my prize?

A cookie!

Oh Good!

I don't have one to add, but isn't it great that Dogster chose such a nutrious product such as Dad's Dogfood as their official sponser? *vomit*

I think someone needs to stage a coup over at AAFCO and reformulate EVERYTHING about those feeding guidelines.

Here's my entry - Innovative Veterinary Diets Lifestages Puppy formula. As you can see from the following quote, it is recommended by top Labradoodle breeders - what else do I have to say?

"We use the best puppy food available, IVD, Innovative Veterinary Diet, puppy for our puppies, it is only availabe through a vet."

Aww, crap. You can't link to the food's site to get the ingredients. It is just for vets. That's how amazing this food is! The magazine I found it in lists it's main ingredients as "Corn, Poultry by-product meal, and ground rice".

To make it even more appealing, it falls right under Innova in the list. How could anyone look at those ingredient lists and pick this one?

Gravy Train....

Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein ............not less than 21.0%
Crude Fat ..................not less than 8.0%
Crude Fiber ...............not more than 4.0%
Moisture ....................not more than 10.0%

Ingredients:
Corn, soybean meal, beef and bone meal, animal fat, animal digest, salt, cellulose gum, caramel color, potassium chloride, bone phosphate, choline chloride, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement), dried beef stock, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 2, BHA (preservative), tocopherols (preservative), citric acid (preservative).

Oh Look! Hill's Mini Me.

I think Gravy Train has taken the lead...

I really wish more people would turn the bags OVER and actually READ these ingredients before blindly following the million dollar advertising campaigns. I mean even without knowing nutrition, you'd know that *SOMETHING* isn't right there... wouldn't you?

I agree. I don't see why people will not look at what they are feeding. It blows my mind.

Moist 'n' meaty

Ingredients:
Beef, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soybean Grits, Soybean Flour, Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Syrup, Calcium Carbonate, Brewers Condensed Solubles, Phosphoric Acid, Salt, Sorbic Acid (added to prevent spoilage), Dried Cheese Powder (predominantly cheddar cheese), Calcium Propionate, (added to prevent spoilage), DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Added Color (Yellow 6, Red 40, Yellow 5 and other color), Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin Supplements (E, B-12, A, D-3), Ethoxyquin (a preservative)Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite

Guaranteed Analysis %:
Moisture (Max) 33
Crude Protein (Min) 18
Crude Fat (Min) 7
Crude Fiber (Max) 3

OoooOooo yummy soybean grits YUCKKKKKKKK

WTH is soybean grits? Do they have them for breakfast somewhere in the world?

Ok we need a judge. How about Buckshot?

This is by far the worst dog food I have ever seen. We have a winner!!!

High fructose corn syrup as the second ingredient?

...and the prize is

A year's supply.

For only $10!

I remember as a child my grandparents feeding Gaines Burger to their dog. That stuff looked nasty, almost like playdough with its long red wormy strings formed into a burger patty. I don't think they make it anymore though I'm curious as to what ingredient went into it. Yuck!