well, thanks for the suggestion

18 lb is just too big for a freezer

guys, i found an interesting alternative. what do you think about this? is it better?

Nutrisource Super Premium Pet Foods
Ingredients:
Chicken, white rice, chicken meal, corn gluten meal, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), beet pulp, brown rice, tuna meal, natural liver flavor, flax seeds, oat fiber, brewers yeast, alfalfa meal, tomato pomace, dried egg product, potassium chloride, sunflower oil, salt, phosphoric acid, proteinated minerals (iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, cobalt proteinate), choline chloride, cranberry powder, yeast culture (saccharomyces cerevisiae, enterococcus faecium, lactobacillus acidophilus, aspergillus niger, trichoderma longibrachiatum, bacillus subtillis), taurine, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium carbonate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, mineral oil, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate), chicory extract, vitamins (vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), inositol, yucca schidigera extract, rosemary extract.

Sorry I meant to say like freeze half of it or split into smaller bags to freeze some, just to keep it fresh for longer.

The second one seems fairly reasonable though without percentages it can be hard to tell though at least they have chicken and chicken meal listed as separate ingredients.

oh, here it is:

Crude Protein (Min.) 33.0% 330 g/kg
Crude Fat (Min.) 19.0% 190 g/kg
Crude Fiber (Max.) 3.5% 35 g/kg
Moisture (Max.) 10.0% 100 g/kg
Ash (Min.) 7.0% 70 g/kg
Magnesium (Min.) 0.08 mg/kg 0.8 mg/kg
Vitamin E (Min.) 250 IU/kg 250 IU/kg
*Ascorbic Acid (Min) 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
Taurine (Min) 0.18% 1.8 g/kg
Zinc (Min) 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
*Linoleic Acid (Min) 4.10 % 41 g/kg
*Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) (Min) 0.05% .5 mg/kg
*Lactobacillus Acidophilus (Min) 50 million CFU/lb 50 million CFU/lb
*Enterococcus Faecium (Min) 35 million CFU/lb 35 million CFU/lb
*Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (Min) 900 million cells/lb 900 million cells/lb.

it doesn't seem to contain omega-3 though. what do u think? how about mixing both 50-50?