Ingredients: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Beef Liver, Organic Barley Flour, Organic Oat Flour, Organic Rice Flour, Organic Peas, Organic Soy Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Organic Carrot Powder, Organic Garlic.
http://www.pawkingorganics.com/treats_beef.php is the first one I'll try to analyze using your scoring chart.
100 to start.
minus 0---1) For every listing of "by-product" , subtract 10 points
minus 0---2) For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or poultry", meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
minus 0---3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
minus 0---4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points
minus 0---5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. "ground brown rice", brewer's rice", "rice flour" are all the same grain), subtract 5 points
minus 3---6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
minus 0---7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
minus 0---8 ) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
minus 0---9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points
minus 0---10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points
minus 0---11) If lamb is the only animal protein source unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
minus 2---12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
minus 2---13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points
minus 1---14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to beef), subtract 1 point
minus 0---15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
minus 8 altogether
92 sub-total
Extra Credit:
plus 5---1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
plus 0---2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed goup or nutritionist, add 5 points
plus 5---3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
plus 0---4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
plus 0---5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
plus 3---6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains) add
3 points
plus 2---7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free add
2 points
plus 2---8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
plus 0---9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds) add 2 points
plus 1---10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
plus 0---11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
plus 0---12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken" and "" as 2 different sources) add 1 point
plus 0---13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
plus 1---14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide free, add 1 point
plus 19 altogether
92 sub-total above
111 TOTAL SCORE 111 A+
Please note, I'm not a scientist or nutritionist. I've just done this from comparing your list and the label at
http://www.pawkingorganics.com/treats_beef.php. I had to look elsewhere on the site to see it is baked, not extruded. I took "Organic" to mean pesticide free because that's what organic means to me.
PawKing is a client of ours (and we're the people who publish theBubbler), and they are good people.
With the recent scares about dog and cat food because the big labels didn't seem to give a hoot about the welfare of our pets, we rushed getting the
http://www.pawkingorganics.com website up. I'm proud of the work we do, and real pleased that our client has scored very well on this.
Carol, you never stop amazing me with your care for critters. Thanks.
Regards,
Keith
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