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Some ingredients that bug me.


"Soybean Meal, Chicken, Corn Meal, Wheat Mill Run, Kelp Meal, Cone Meal, Garlic Powder, Vitamin Mix (Rice Hulls, Choline Chloride, Riboflavin, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine HCL, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Carbonate, Alpha Di Tocopheryl Acetate (Source of Vitamin E), Vitamin A Acetate, Folic Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3, D-Biotin), water sufficient for processing."


Wheat mill run: "AAFCO: Coarse and fine particles of wheat bran and fine particles of wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour and offal from the "tail of the mill".


An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing, commonly referred to as 'floor sweepings'. An inexpensive filler with no real nutritional value."


Cone Meal: I'll be honest... I don't even know what this is.


Rice Hulls: "AAFCO: The outer covering of rice.


An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing, serving as a source of fiber that is considered a filler ingredient."


Menadione Sodium Bisulfate: "Feed grade. Also listed as Menadione Dimethyl-Pyrimidinol Bisulfate, Menadione Dimethyl-Pyrimidinol Bisulfite, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate Complex, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite and Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex.... This synthetic version of vitamin K has not been specifically approved for long term use, such as in pet food. It has been linked to many serious health issues"


"-It has never been researched or specifically approved for long term use, such as in pet food.


-Has been banned from use in food and supplements for human use in many European countries due to serious side effects, including permanent damage and deaths.


-FDA has banned synthetic vitamin K from over-the-counter supplements because of its high toxicity."


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