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Mirror Lake's BB · 03-25-2007, 01:20 PM

Now that a lot of people are questioning the ingredient label, I thought I would add my 2 cents: We switched from Iams quite a few years ago. We were originally under the impression that Iams Eukanoba was the best, but when we started comparing labels we quickly learned that was not the case. Let you be the judge- here is the link to the of the food manufacturer we use now :

http://www.naturapet.com

We use their Innova food for our dogs. They have their own manufacturing facilities which are ISO certified (ensures consistency and quality) and appear to be committed. They have a food comparison section that is very informative- just click on the food you use and they list the ingredients as well as the benefit/not benefit of the ingredient. A good quick indicator of the quality of the food is whether it has corn or corn meal. It may have benefits when feeding cattle in order to get a better quality of beef (don't know as we don't raise cattle) but is only considered a filler when used for dog food. Good quality dog food doesn't contain corn.

We feel that this unfortunate mishap will help the quality in the dog/cat food industry but not for the obvious reasons. Consumers will become familiar with reading the labels and start looking for higher quality ingredients. And the manufacturers may react to that.

We live in PA but try to stop by Monty's pet store on the way to Wolfeboro. He carries only the best pet food and is very knowlegeable. He is at the Epsom Circle on Rt. 28:

http://www.montyspetfood.com/ Hope this helps.

03-25-2007, 01:20 PM	#61
Mirror Lake's BB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wayne, PA & Mirror Lake Posts: 150 Thanks: 117 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	We use Innova dog food Now that a lot of people are questioning the ingredient label, I thought I would add my 2 cents: We switched from Iams quite a few years ago. We were originally under the impression that Iams Eukanoba was the best, but when we started comparing labels we quickly learned that was not the case. Let you be the judge- here is the link to the of the food manufacturer we use now : http://www.naturapet.com We use their Innova food for our dogs. They have their own manufacturing facilities which are ISO certified (ensures consistency and quality) and appear to be committed. They have a food comparison section that is very informative- just click on the food you use and they list the ingredients as well as the benefit/not benefit of the ingredient. A good quick indicator of the quality of the food is whether it has corn or corn meal. It may have benefits when feeding cattle in order to get a better quality of beef (don't know as we don't raise cattle) but is only considered a filler when used for dog food. Good quality dog food doesn't contain corn. We feel that this unfortunate mishap will help the quality in the dog/cat food industry but not for the obvious reasons. Consumers will become familiar with reading the labels and start looking for higher quality ingredients. And the manufacturers may react to that. We live in PA but try to stop by Monty's pet store on the way to Wolfeboro. He carries only the best pet food and is very knowlegeable. He is at the Epsom Circle on Rt. 28: http://www.montyspetfood.com/ Hope this helps.