Some Well-Known Dry Foods, Ranked from Worst To Best

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Worst (Top) to Best (Bottom)

Purina Beneful

Kibbles ‘n bits beef & chicken
corn
soybean meal
beef and bone meal
ground wheat
animal fat (BHA)
protein 19%, fat 8%

Pedigree Adult
ground whole grain corn
meat and bone meal
corn gluten meal
animal fat (BHA and citric acid)
soybean meal
protein 21%, fat 10%

Purina dog chow complete
whole grain corn
meat and bone meal
corn gluten meal
animal fat (mixed tocopherols)
soybean meal
protein 21%, fat 10%

Beneful original
ground yellow corn
chicken byproduct meal
corn gluten meal
whole wheat flour
animal fat (mixed tocopherols)
protein 25%, fat 10%

Hill’s ideal balance chicken & brown rice
chicken
brown rice
brewers rice
cracked pearled barley
chicken meal
protein 20%, fat 16%

Iams healthy naturals chicken & barley
chicken
ground whole grain sorghum
ground whole grain barley
chicken meal
brewers rice
protein 25%, fat 14%

Taste of the wild high prairie
bison
lamb meal
chicken meal
sweet potatoes
peas
protein 32%, fat 18%

Champion Pet Products Orijen adult dog
boneless chicken
chicken meal
chicken liver
whole herring
boneless turkey
protein 38%, fat 18%

3 COMMENTS

  1. Re: “Some Well-Known Dry Foods, Ranked from Worst To Best” Come on, this list is not very uselful. There are 8 products listed. At what point do the products move from worst to best? Is it when Animal Fat disappears from the ingredients?

    An explanatory paragraph is clearly missing.