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While browsing at a pet store recently, I came across Lotus Dog food. Seems like it is made by a small outfit in California:
.:Lotus Natural Pet Food:.
Their claim is that their food is holistic which, according to them, means that "all our ingredients are in their most whole, natural form."
Here's the ingredient list for their chicken kibble:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Rye, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Pollock, Ground Barley, Feeding Oat meal, Pea Fiber, Oil Blend (Soybean oil, Olive Oil, Salmon Oil, Evening Primrose Oil; preserved with mixed tocopherols, and citric acid), Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Pumpkin, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Spinach, Blueberries, Flaxseed, Garlic, Salt, Zinc Proteinate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (a source of Vitamin C), Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus lactis, and lactobacillus casei fermentation solubles, Dried Chicory Root, Yucca schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Vitamin E Supplement, Grape Seed Extract, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, and Rosemary Extract.
Thoughts? Before everyone starts replying, I recognize that it is grain-inclusive food, and I grant that it is not Orijen. It is also quite pricey (too expensive for a grain-inclusive food, in my opinion).
The real reason I thought it was interesting is the fact that the company bakes the food (as opposed to??). What do we know about the nutritional effects of baking as opposed to how kibble is typically made?
.:Lotus Natural Pet Food:.
Their claim is that their food is holistic which, according to them, means that "all our ingredients are in their most whole, natural form."
Here's the ingredient list for their chicken kibble:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Rye, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Pollock, Ground Barley, Feeding Oat meal, Pea Fiber, Oil Blend (Soybean oil, Olive Oil, Salmon Oil, Evening Primrose Oil; preserved with mixed tocopherols, and citric acid), Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Pumpkin, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Spinach, Blueberries, Flaxseed, Garlic, Salt, Zinc Proteinate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (a source of Vitamin C), Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus lactis, and lactobacillus casei fermentation solubles, Dried Chicory Root, Yucca schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Vitamin E Supplement, Grape Seed Extract, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, and Rosemary Extract.
Thoughts? Before everyone starts replying, I recognize that it is grain-inclusive food, and I grant that it is not Orijen. It is also quite pricey (too expensive for a grain-inclusive food, in my opinion).
The real reason I thought it was interesting is the fact that the company bakes the food (as opposed to??). What do we know about the nutritional effects of baking as opposed to how kibble is typically made?
