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Because you have a choice! An Insider's Guide to Choosing the Right Food for Your Pet

The Spiraling Cost of Natural Foods for Dogs - How to Save £s

With increases in raw ingredient/manufacturing and transport costs there has been a noticeable increase in the price of pet food - and as dogs eat a lot more (on average) than cats, it's the dog owner that is currently suffering.

The main losers seem to be the companies that use a lot of rice in their recipes, though no doubt even the cheap and cheeerful diets based on wheat are feeling the pinch.

That doesn't mean that you can't look around for alternatives for your cat food, but maybe at the moment you can more easily absorb the price hikes!

A quick look at current prices (June 2008) shows popular brands of 'natural' complete food for adult dogs to be now well over £40 for a 15kg bag.

James Wellbeloved .......................................£41.99
Burns Pet Nutrition ........................................£41.99 (from July)
Nutro Holistic Choice (13.5kg) .......................£41.99
Natural Dog Food Company.......................... £35

No doubt others will be following suit, so it seems a good idea to look at what's available as a suitable alternative and a more realistic price!

Here's 3 suggestions for a healthy natural diet at a more affordable price - I've no doubt that there are more around (check out pet shop own brands, which are often made in the same factory as the better known brand foods)!

All these are good quality recipes and worth a try. If you can't get them locally then they are all available online.


Arden Grange Arden Grange Adult: with fresh chicken & rice

Ingredients: Chicken Meal* (min 27%), Whole Grain Rice (min 26%), Whole Grain Maize, Chicken Fat*, Beet Pulp, Fresh Chicken (min 5%), Dried Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder, Fish Meal*, Linseed, Fish Oil*, Minerals, Vitamins, Nucleotides, Prebiotic FOS, Prebiotic MOS, Cranberry Extract, Chondroitin Sulphate, Glucosamine Sulphate, MSM, Yucca Extract. * Preserved with mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract.


Typical Analysis: Protein 25%, Oil 15%, Fibre 2.5%, Ash 7%, Moisture 8%, Omega6 2.53%, Omega3 0.37%, Vitamin A 15000 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 1000 IU/kg, Vitamin E 100 IU/kg, Calcium 1.1%, Phosphorous P 0.75%, Copper 20 mg/kg (as Cupric Sulphate).

You can buy direct at
http://www.ardengrange.com/Pet-Food/dog-food.asp?id=22#Ingredients

Current RRP ..... 15 KG - £31.49

 

vitalinVitalin Adult

This is a new venture by Vitalin into the super-premium market!

INGREDIENTS: Chicken Meat Meal (min26%), Potato (min26%), Refined Chicken Fat, Sugar Beet Pulp, Peas, Carrots, Yeasts, Fishmeal, Minerals, Vitamins, Glucosamine, Chondroitin and Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), Yucca, Prebiotic MicroFOS.

ANALYSIS: Protein 23%, Oil 9%, Fibre 4%, Ash 7%, Copper (Cupric Sulphate) 15 mg/kg. Vitamin A 20000 iu/kg, Vitamin D3 1500 iu/kg. Vitamin E 16iu/kg. Plus a full complement of B-vitamins and trace minerals.

You can buy direct at
http://www.vitalinpetfood.co.uk/adult.htm


Current RRP.... 15kg - £30.49

 

 

Pets at Home premium range (formerly Wainwrights)

 

Ingredients

Fresh Chicken (min 24%), Poultry Meat Meal, Maize, Rice, Barley, Maize Gluten Meal, Animal Fat, Sugar Beet Pulp, Poultry Digest, Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder, Flaxseed, Potato Protein, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Methionine, Marigold Extract, Yucca Extract, Rosemary Extract, Antioxidants (Vitamin E and A)

Protein 26%, Oil 14.5%

 

 

There's plenty of PAH stores about, but they're also now selling online at www.petsathome.co.uk which is good news for those who are out of range of a store, or who want home delivery.

Current RRP... 15kg - £28.99

 

 

 

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