Between Pedigree, Purina- beneful, IAMs, Kibbles in bits, Selective which brand is better?

Question

I can't find any other brands in my local food shopping center, Petsmart is too far, among those dog food I listed which brand is better?

Answer 1

I feel like Wendy's food is marginally healthier than Burger King's or McDonalds but I don't really have any basis for that and I don't actually eat any of them more than once or twice a year because they're just not quite "real food". And I certainly wouldn't feed them to my children as part of a planned diet.

That said, lots of people DO eat that crap every single day, and lots of people DO feed that garbage to their kids. And probably many of those people are perfectly healthy and do marvelous things like play football or compete in bike races or whatever. But for every one person who eats that junk and is "fine", there are some number who are overweight and develop diet-related health problems like high cholesterol and diabetes.

Ultimately, that's the deal with the foods you've listed. They are high carb, species-inappropriate foods that are made from manufacturing leftovers from companies like Proctor and Gamble, Nestle, Mars, and other companies who primarily produce products for humans. Feeding these kibbles to your dog is the equivalent of feeding McDonalds to your children every day. You could even be perfectly okay with that, but at least you're making a reasonably informed decision.

When choosing a food, ignore the marketing (a la Beneful) and focus on the label.
1) Meat should be the first ingredient, and it should be a real whole meat, NOT by-products. By-products aren't an entirely bad thing but they're are scraps and pieces which can not be substituted for actual meat as a main ingredient!
2) Watch for generic ingredients like "animal fat" or "poultry meal" instead of "chicken meal" -- that means that they just throw in whatever they have and don't even need to know what it is!
3) Watch for one ingredient appearing several times, like "ground corn", "corn meal". Ingredients are listed in order of largest amount to least amount, so if the same ingredient is broken into fragments and listed three times, they're probably trying to hide that it's *actually* the largest ingredient
4) Corn is usually a cheap filler that doesn't have a lot of nutritional value but does pump up the protein levels of the food. It's usually a hallmark of a cheap-o food and therefore I'd recommend to avoid foods where this is an ingredient.

Beneful, for example, breaks all these rules and is one of the worst of the worst despite their fabulous marketing. Take a look at the label and you'll notice that meat is the NINTH ingredient. Beef tallow (aka fat) is higher on the list! It's shameful.

The final choice is yours, but hopefully this information helps you make an informed decision.

Answer 2

None of those are good. You won't find any good foods at your grocery store...only foods full of cheap fillers, by products and preservatives.

In order of rating Pedigree, Purina and IAMS are pretty much the same not a whole lot of difference.
Beneful & Kibbles n bits are bottom of the barrel..they rank way down there with Ole'Roy.

I personally wouldn't feed my dogs any of the foods you listed.

Answer 3

I'm sorry but all the brands you mentioned are crap. Would you be ok with feeding your pet garbage?

Go to dogfoodanalysis.com, choose then order online.

But if you still want to just buy at you local food shopping center, based on your selection, go with IAM or Purina One.

Please make an effort to feed your pet good food.

Answer 4

That's all crap, sorry. Those are 1 and 2 star foods. The best thing you can feed your dog that's available at Petsmart is Blue Buffalo, which is still only 3 stars.

If you can get to a Petco, try Solid Gold Barking at the Moon. It's a 6 star food, no grains, high protein, and dogs do wonderful on it.

Answer 5

Iams

Answer 6

Go to different dog food websites. They have store locators. You'd be surprized how close some of these places are to you. Try Canidae, Merrick, Innova or Evangers.

Answer 7

Have you considered buying your food online? You can buy directly from some companies, such as Merrick pet foods at
www.merrickpetcare.com

The brands you mentioned are terrible with disgusting ingredients.
I guess the "top" pick of all of those is Iams, and that's very hard for me to say...haha.

Gosh, what I would do is travel to Petsmart once a month and buy 3 of the largest bags of the best food they have, or however much you need for your dog(s).
The best brands by far at Petsmart are:
By Nature
Nature's Recipe
Blue Buffalo

Otherwise, I highly suggest this website which has free shipping and EVERY brand you can think of:

www.petfooddirect.com

The best brands in my opinion are:
Merrick
Nature's Variety
Wellness
Innova
EVO
Evanger's

Please do a bit of research on the ingredients in the brands you listed. Much of the stuff is simply CRAP and your dog could be eating a million times better.

Answer 8

If you can't get to quality food, have it come to you. Order it online. No food that you can buy at a grocery store is worth the time it takes to type the name of the brand.

Get Canidae, Innova Evo or Wellness.

Answer 9

I'm not familiar with Selective, so can't comment on it. I don't like any of the others. If you can only get to a grocery store, I would look for Purina One - not the best food in the world, but about the best in a grocery store.
Read the ingredient list - the first ingredients should be meat from identified species, such as chicken, lamb or turkey. Avoid something that just has "meat meal" as you don't really know where that came from or what it is. If something has a lot of grain - wheat, corn, - in the first few ingredients, keep looking.
The site below gives ratings, nutritional analyses, ingredient lists and a lot of other info about a lot of brands. It might help you choose the best of what's available to you.
You might also consider buying online.

Answer 10

Yikes! If it was me I would have to go with Purina ONE. Have you checked your local farm/country store too? The brand that I have used for years is Eagle Pack, but it's kind of hard to find. You can go to www.eaglepack.com and use the store locator's for a place near you. Also Canidae is the best dog food around, but also hard to find. www.canidae.com for store locator's near you. Good luck.

PS: I just went to www.petfooddirect.com, and yes, they have every brand you can think of, but they sure as hell are not free shipping!! Shipping was more than the cost of 1 large bag of Canidae!

Answer 11

I have been using Eukcanuba which I believe is a IAMS product for 10 years that's what my vet suggested and I've stuck with it. I found Beniful priced high. IAMS also has a good reputation.