Metabolic Vegetables, Beef & Rice Stew Dog Food

by Hill's Prescription Diet

Overall Score: 84/100

Ingredients

1. Water (other)
2. Pork Liver (protein)
3. Carrots (other)
4. Green Peas (carbohydrate)
5. Powdered Cellulose (fiber)
6. Beef (protein)
7. Rice (carbohydrate)
8. Corn Starch (other)
9. Wheat Gluten (carbohydrate)
10. Dried Tomato Pomace (fiber)
11. Flaxseed (fat)
12. Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor (protein)
13. Coconut Oil (fat)
14. Potassium Alginate (other)
15. Whole Grain Barley (other)
16. Calcium Chloride (other)
17. Fish Oil (protein)
18. Dicalcium Phosphate (mineral)
19. Guar Gum (additive)
20. Lipoic Acid (other)
21. vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid) (other)
22. Calcium Lactate (other)
23. Calcium Gluconate (other)
24. Sodium Tripolyphosphate (other)
25. Potassium Citrate (other)
26. Caramel color (additive)
27. Leucine (other)
28. Taurine (additive)
29. Iodized Salt (other)
30. L-Lysine (other)
31. minerals (Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate) (other)
32. L-Carnitine (additive)
33. Beta-Carotene (other)

Ingredient concerns

• Peas (low concern): Peas and other legumes have been associated with the FDA investigation into a potential link between grain-free diets high in legumes and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs. While a definitive causal relationship has not been established, the FDA continues to investigate. Peas are frequently used in grain-free formulations as a primary carbohydrate and protein source.
• Wheat Gluten (medium concern): Like corn gluten meal, wheat gluten serves as an inexpensive plant protein that inflates the total protein percentage. It was also at the center of the 2007 pet food recall when melamine-contaminated wheat gluten from China caused widespread kidney failure in pets.
• Caramel Color (high concern): Certain classes of caramel color (Class III and IV, produced with ammonia or ammonia-sulfite processes) contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), which has been classified as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans' (Group 2B) by IARC. California's Proposition 65 lists 4-MEI as a carcinogen. Like other color additives, it provides no nutritional benefit to pets.

Wet food, with grains.

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