EVOO and charity aside, this is not a quality food!
I really like Rachael Ray. Her dog food, however, is another story…
Corn Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), and Corn Gluten Meal are among the ingredients in this food. And don’t get me started on the treats — high fructose corn syrup, propylene glycol, and BHA? Wikipedia says “The National Institutes of Health considers BHA reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.[1] E number of this food additive is E320. As if our pets don’t have enough health concerns, let’s feed them something that the NIH believes causes cancer! Unbelieveable!
I guess we should be happy there’s not BHT in it — which is present in many supermarket foods. Again, from Wikipedia (how did we ever live without it?) Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), also known as Butylhydroxytoluene, is a lipophilic (fat-soluble) organic compound that is primarily used as an antioxidant food additive (E number E321) as well as in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, and embalming fluid. Words fail me.
Want to know more about dog foods and how to choose a good one? Start by read my article and website. If you have questions, feel free to drop me a note. Consider the possibility of a home prepared diet or natural diet. The differences I see in the health of dogs who don’t eat dog food compared to those who do is so significant. Yesterday I saw a 7 year old Beagle mix. Aside from weighing 44 pounds instead of the 30 she should have, she looked older than my 13 year old. Her diet? Pedigree.
So what’s in Pedigree? From their website: Ground Whole Corn, Meat And Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved With Bha/Bht), Wheat Mill Run, Wheat Flour, Natural Flavor, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Caramel Color, Chicken By-Product Meal, Rice, Vegetable Oil (Source Of Linoleic Acid), Vitamins ….. Added FD&C And Lake Colors (Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 2, Red 40).
No wonder the Beagle looked like she was living on corn chips and pasta — she practically is! And meat and bone meal (note they don’t say what meat, so it could be anything) is highly unlikely to contain muscle meat. More likely what little was clinging to the bones, and whatever fell on the floor. And does your dog care about the color of his food? Anyone remember Agway Big Red food, which had so much red dye in it that the dogs who ate it passed rusty red stools?
Back to the queen of nice and all things made with EVOO…. I do like Rachael Ray, use her recipes sometimes, and even own one of her knives. And I admire that she is supporting a charity with this food. I just wish she had better advisors who took her in a healthier direction.
I saw Rachel Rays show and mommy and I laughed so hard. I would never eat that stuff, it’s junk food and I don’t eat junk.
When mommy eats junk I bark at her (would you believe she ate FRENCH FRIES the other day, eeewwww potatoes are not healthy!) I won’t eat anything that is not organic, I can smell the difference (can’t everyone?).
I do have a good recipe to share A HEALTHY ONE, okay a little high in sodium but it’s an appetizer so just remember a FEW is okay!
Easy Doggie Duck Appetizer
Ingredients:
Chilled Ground Duck (mommy cheats and uses canned free range, super healthy brand chilled)
Hormone Free prosciutto
Vitamin powder (use appropriate amount for your dogs weight)
Dried Broccoli sprouts(use appropriate amount for your dogs weight mommy uses 3 /4 a tsp for me and I weigh 12 lbs she grows them herself and dries them so they are chemical free)
Mix vitamins and Dried Broccoli sprouts together
Take a bite sized chunk of duck “pâté”
Roll the pâté in the vitamin/broccoli mix
Wrap with prosciutto (use as just enough to go around the ball, remember use sparingly it’s high in sodium)
(I think sometimes mommy hides my heartworm pill in here but it’s yummy so who cares).
Remember to always use a good quality vitamin, that is organic and has human grade ingredients I bet the nice vet here could recommend a good one, she seems nice!)
So skip the Rachel Ray stuff and go for the gold, it’s easy!
BiscuitQ
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