MumMumMum's Full Review: nutro products Nutro Max Adult Dog Beef & Rice Din...
In May of last year we had the supreme honour of adopting our dog, Hobbes, the “little black puppy with no hay on it”. Hobbes is a mixed breed, and although we were told that he’d be mainly black lab, we’re pretty sure that our little fellow is actually mainly Border collie, albeit a big black Border collie! He’s not so little anymore, and that’s because he’s been playing, growing, and eating well. One of the foods we have served to Hobbes in our search for a dog food that he would love has been Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner.
Why Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner?
One of the reasons we chose Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner is because of our great satisfaction with other Nutro MAX products. Another reason is a pretty big reason. From the packaging: No Chicken By-Products. Most dog foods contain chicken by-products or poultry by-products as a source of protein. That means including chicken or poultry heads, feet and guts – ingredients you’ll never find in Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner. We use the same parts of chicken you feed your family. No heads, no feet, no guts. In my opinion that’s a pretty compelling reason to purchase a dog food. There are of course other reasons and factors to take into consideration when purchasing a dog food, and one of them is the easy digestibility and nutritional content of this dog food. It features real beef protein, and is tested to show that it is more digestible than other dog foods. Nutro uses premium quality beef meal, rice and wheat for superior digestibility. And they never use any ground corn or indigestible fillers.
Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner provide 100% balanced nutrition, and is fortified with every vitamin and mineral a dog needs, as well as antioxidants to help the immune system. Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner has also been tested to show that it produces up to 29% less stool volume. Well, that means a neater, cleaner, and healthier yard for my family, and a lot less cleanup time!
Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner also contains more linoleic acid than other brands, and a high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, to help produce a healthy skin and a shiny coat. The calorie content of Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner is 3690 kcal/kg of metabolizable energy (ME) on as-fed basis (calculated).
Other product claims (from packaging):
~Guaranteed great beefy taste
~All natural with vitamins and minerals
~Formulated for a healthy skin and coat
~Easy to digest, less cleanup
Hobbes, do you give this paws up or paws down?
Hobbes is a very picky eater. Perhaps he was born that way; perhaps he picked it up from my picky-eater-children. Whatever the case, although he went after this dog food with great gusto at first, he really didn’t seem to care much for it by the end of the bag. Those small round bits and bites of food disappeared faster than we could say “Good Dog”, until about halfway through the bag. At that point we were almost begging the poor dog to eat his food. He had no problem with digesting the food. We found the easy to digest claim to be true, and we had no problems with “clean-up” when walking Hobbes. His coat was shiny and remained so while eating this food, and he had just as much energy as always. He just didn’t seem to care for the taste. So although my dog didn’t care for the taste, I do still recommend Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner. In fact, I recommend all Nutro products that we’ve tried and continue to use daily. My dog is very healthy, very energetic, and very happy. That’s testament enough!
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.) 26.00%
Crude Fat (min.) 16.00%
Crude Fiber (max.) 4.00%
Moisture (max.) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (min.) 3.50%
Ascorbic Acid (min.)* 35.0mg/kg
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles
Ingredients
Beef Meal, Ground Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Whole Wheat, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a source of Natural Vitamin E), Rice Bran, Wheat Flour, Natural Flavors, Calcium Carbonate, Monosodium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Yeast Culture, L-Lysine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Iron Oxide, Dried Buttermilk, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Dried Kelp, Dried Egg Product, Biotin, Lecithin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Garlic, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin (Source of Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Copper Sulfate.
Nutritional Adequacy Statement:
Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Nutro MAX Beef Meal & Rice Dinner provides complete and balanced nutrition for all life stages.
Nutro supports the safe, ethical and humane treatment of all animals, including those used by our suppliers who provide our ingredients.
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