[AKMix]

I was buying some items at costco and noticed a new dog food: Kirkland Signature Organic Chicken and Rice.

I looked at the ingredients, no corn, no wheat, preserved with vitamin E (tocophernols?), no ethoxyquin, a good fiber percent, eggs, oats, peas, barely, whole rice and no fillers. It is not the kibble made by Dimond and it is Organically certified.

Does anyone have anymore information pertaining to this new food? It seems to be higher quality and not the cheap food they used to sell or even the recalled food.

[AKMix]

Okay, I drove an hour to find out what the contents were, so here is the ingredients for the food:

Organic Chicken, Chicken Meal, Organic Rice, Organic Peas, Organic Barley, Organic Oats, Egg Product, Chicken Fat (Tocepherols), Beet Pulp, Natural Chicken Flavor, Potatoes, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Vitamin E, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate,Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, B6, B12, Ribo Flavin, Vitamin D and Folic Acid.

Protein: 24%
Fat: 12%
Fiber: 4.5%
Moisture: 10%
Zinc 200mg/kg
Selenium: .4mg
Vitamin E: 150IU/kg
Omega-6: 2.2
Omega-3: 0.4

Certified by AAFCO

This food costs $18.95 for 25lbs, I do not buy it, but I was just curious to see if they have made improvements from the stuff they used to have. And, for those in financial binds who cannot afford the top notch food may consider this a better choice than Iams, Science Diet or other crap food.

I found the previous versions ingredients, or part of them to make comparisons:

Ingredients:
Chicken,chicken meal,whole grain brown rice, cracked pearled barley, egg product, beet pulp, chicken fat(preserved with mixed tocopherols and Vitamin E), potatoes,fish meal, flaxseed,natural flavors, brewers dried yeast, millet, potassium chloride, salt, choline, carrots, peas, kelp, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder,
salmon oil (a source of DHA), rosemary extract, parsley flake, dried chicory root, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 28.0% minimum
Crude Fat 17.0% minimum
Crude Fiber 3.0% minimum
Moisture 10.0% minimum
Calcium 1.2% minimum
Phosphorus 1.0%minimum
Zinc 225mg/kg minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg minimum
Vitamin E 250 IU/kg minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 3.0% minimum*
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.5% minimum*
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) 0.05% minimum*

Anyone who knows much about food content, do you think that they have improved?

[briteday]

It appears to me that if you add up the fat and protein, the new organic version has about 9% more carbs than the older version. I also like to see a fat content of at least >14%, similar to the old formula.

I'm not wild about the amount of grains, I don't think "organic" and the new content is enough to pay double the cost of the older version.

I guess my bottom line is that I don't think the new version is an improvement.