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This kind of came about when I was looking at cat foods for the shelter kitties we adopted. I was looking at high quality grain free kibbles, as we of course want to put them on raw.
We did end up picking a grain free kibble for the girls, but I was thinking, are grain free kibbles really worth it? Don't get me wrong, if the animal eating the food has a grain allergy, of course I think they are necessary and worth the hike up in price, but other than that, I don't find them to be much higher quality, and certainly not justified in price.
From what it looks like, they take out the rice and barley, and add in potato and sweet potato, which are equally as species inappropriate and unnecessary. Am I missing something? What makes a sack of potato worth $75?
To me, the higher the meat quantity, the better the kibble, and by the looks of it, grain free isn't any higher in meat content I listed the first ten ingredients of two grain inclusive kibbles, as well as two grain free kibbles.
Canidae ALS (grain inclusive)
Chicken meal
turkey meal
lamb meal
brown rice
white rice
rice bran
peas
potatoes
oatmeal
cracked pearled barley
Merrick Puppy Plate (grain inclusive)
Organic Chicken
Turkey Meal
Oatmeal
Duck
Chicken Meal
Whole Barley
Whole Brown Rice
Flax Seed
Canola Oil
Freeze Dried Sweet Potatoes
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream (grain free)
Salmon
ocean fish meal
sweet potatoes
potatoes
canola oil
salmon meal
smoked salmon
potato fiber
natural flavor
salt
Merrick BG Buffalo (grain free)
Buffalo Deboned
Chicken Meal
Potato Dehydrated
Turkey Meal
Canola Oil
Sweet Potato Dehydrated
Yeast Culture
Natural Dried Chicken Liver
Dicalcium Phosphate
Lysine
We did end up picking a grain free kibble for the girls, but I was thinking, are grain free kibbles really worth it? Don't get me wrong, if the animal eating the food has a grain allergy, of course I think they are necessary and worth the hike up in price, but other than that, I don't find them to be much higher quality, and certainly not justified in price.
From what it looks like, they take out the rice and barley, and add in potato and sweet potato, which are equally as species inappropriate and unnecessary. Am I missing something? What makes a sack of potato worth $75?
To me, the higher the meat quantity, the better the kibble, and by the looks of it, grain free isn't any higher in meat content I listed the first ten ingredients of two grain inclusive kibbles, as well as two grain free kibbles.
Canidae ALS (grain inclusive)
Chicken meal
turkey meal
lamb meal
brown rice
white rice
rice bran
peas
potatoes
oatmeal
cracked pearled barley
Merrick Puppy Plate (grain inclusive)
Organic Chicken
Turkey Meal
Oatmeal
Duck
Chicken Meal
Whole Barley
Whole Brown Rice
Flax Seed
Canola Oil
Freeze Dried Sweet Potatoes
Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream (grain free)
Salmon
ocean fish meal
sweet potatoes
potatoes
canola oil
salmon meal
smoked salmon
potato fiber
natural flavor
salt
Merrick BG Buffalo (grain free)
Buffalo Deboned
Chicken Meal
Potato Dehydrated
Turkey Meal
Canola Oil
Sweet Potato Dehydrated
Yeast Culture
Natural Dried Chicken Liver
Dicalcium Phosphate
Lysine