Purina Beneful Dry Dog Food

Purina Beneful dry dog food is a typical brand of dog food being sold in the grocery store. The advertisement on Purina Beneful says, "Help keep your dog happy and healthy with a perfect balance of real wholesome ingredients, quality nutrition and great taste. Find it all in Beneful food for dogs." Did you know that unqualified claims, either directly or indirectly by pet food manufacturers are legally acceptable with existing regulations? What this means to you, is that whatever Purina Beneful claims, or any other pet food manufacturer claims, needs to be scrutinized carefully. If you are going to continue feeding commercial dog food, one way to help protect your dog, is to read the label. One thing I want to point out, is that I'm not specifically against Purina Beneful, but commercial dog food in general. I'm just using Purina Beneful as an example, so here are the ingredients of Beneful, which are common ingredients in most grocery store dry dog foods...

Purina Beneful Ingredients:
Ground yellow corn, chicken-by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, Minerals (tricalcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), sugar, sorbitol, water, animal digest, phosphoric acid, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, Vitamins [Vitamin E, Vitamin A, niacin, Vitamin B-12, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, biotin, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Vitamin D-3], added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, glyceryl monostearate, garlic oil.

Do you think a diet of mainly corn, will make your dog happy and healthy? Are these ingredients what you would refer to as wholesome ingredients, quality nutrition and great taste? Be careful, and read the labels!