First, a little background on myself so you’ll know that you can trust my opinion! I’ve been an animal lover my entire life, a veterinary technician for 6 1/2 years, I ran a dog rescue for 3 years and I currently own four dogs of my own. Like most pet owners, I want to make sure that I do whatever I can to keep my pets healthy and happy for as long as possible. I am passionate about nutrition and have done a lot of research on the different products available for my dogs.
I just recently became aware of this brand when I met someone that used it so I decided to do a little research for myself. Exclusive makes several varieties of dog food but we’ll focus on the Adult Lamb and Rice formula for this post. Here are the ingredients:
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Unfortunately, the next three ingredients are brewers rice (a low quality grain and by-product), brown rice and barley. While brown rice and barley are higher quality grains, the inclusion of all three of these ingredients is unnecessary. Grains are not a natural part of a dogs diet and are generally added by dog food companies to save money. The inclusion of three grain ingredients this high on the list is concerning.
Dried beet pulp is also a low quality ingredient and considered to be filler. Filler is anything added to a dog food that doesn’t provide nutritional value. Again, dog food companies do this to save on their costs. Egg product isn’t necessarily poor quality but whole eggs would be better.
Basically, this is a middle of the road quality food. It’s better than many of the grocery store brands out there and not as good as the premium brands (Taste of the Wild, Solid Gold, EVO, etc.). Those premium brands arcan be hard to find, though. They aren’t sold at your local grocery store or Pet Smart, and sometimes the closest store that stocks them isn’t
I just recently became aware of this brand when I met someone that used it so I decided to do a little research for myself. Exclusive makes several varieties of dog food but we’ll focus on the Adult Lamb and Rice formula for this post. Here are the ingredients:
INGREDIENTS: …show more content…
Unfortunately, the next three ingredients are brewers rice (a low quality grain and by-product), brown rice and barley. While brown rice and barley are higher quality grains, the inclusion of all three of these ingredients is unnecessary. Grains are not a natural part of a dogs diet and are generally added by dog food companies to save money. The inclusion of three grain ingredients this high on the list is concerning.
Dried beet pulp is also a low quality ingredient and considered to be filler. Filler is anything added to a dog food that doesn’t provide nutritional value. Again, dog food companies do this to save on their costs. Egg product isn’t necessarily poor quality but whole eggs would be better.
Basically, this is a middle of the road quality food. It’s better than many of the grocery store brands out there and not as good as the premium brands (Taste of the Wild, Solid Gold, EVO, etc.). Those premium brands arcan be hard to find, though. They aren’t sold at your local grocery store or Pet Smart, and sometimes the closest store that stocks them isn’t