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Originally Posted by james1
thanks for the tips. I had a quick google around and delivery at one place is 2.99.
Rainmaker I had a similar thought hence my ask on extra dried meat if you could let me know what they say id apprciate it. The protein levels still look reasonably good even if cooked out its at 30%. Also it coming from meat is a + rather than grains.. im tempted  |
I replied to your dried meat question a little earlier, I don't know if you've seen it yet?
I know I'm being pedantic, but don't forget the protein level isn't 30% that's just the approximate dried meat content. The protein level in Bad Hair Day, for example, is 22%. That's too low for my liking, but as I am always keen to stress, I do understand everyone has a different idea of what's best and I'm only too happy to help them within the parameters of their own requirements.
With that in mind, yes you're right in thinking that Barking Heads is a decent food, with named grains, animal proteins and fats (no generic ingredients or derivatives) and seems to be from a helpful British company. At the price point, it's one of the best I've seen.
As I said I'm still waiting for the company owner to reply to my email in full, as I had pointed out how 'carefully worded' the site and its proclamations are, and asked for more details on the metabolisable energy in k/cal per KG and the feeding guidelines. I also asked them to quantify what 'vitamins and minerals' were, how they were sourced and what they comprise.
The final concern I had was that the site is keen to stress the products have no ADDED artificial preservatives or ingredients. Many "upstream" providers (the people supplying the manufacturers) add BHT, ethoxyquin and other nasty chemical preservatives to things like fish, lamb and fats to stabilise and preserve them. A manufacturer can quite legally state 'no ADDED artificial additives, colours or preservatives' and still have a massive quantity of them in the product!
Without access to that information and the recommended feeding amounts, it's hard to comment further. But it still may work out cheaper to buy a 'more expensive' food that is 70% meat, 0% grain and from 100% chemical, hormone and additive free sources. I'm thinking of Orijen here but Applaws do a similar product.
While Orijen (as an example) is £46 a sack, you only need to feed a tiny fraction of the amount you'd feed using a grain based kibble and as such it works out CHEAPER overall. My two dogs cost me about 18p per day to feed on the "expensive" Orijen, and that's not counting the fact I feed at least 50% raw (i.e. 50% the amount of Orijen recommended on the bag) so actually it's about 9p a day!
On the flip side, a kibble made with grains and suchlike, would cost me about 25p to 30p a day to feed, contains far far less meat, and has all the problems grain brings with it. Just something to consider.
