NLS Ingredients:
2 years ago:
Typical Ingredients: Whole Antarctic Krill Meal, Whole Herring Meal, Wheat Flour, Whole Squid Meal, Algae Meal, Soybean Isolate, Beta Carotene, Spirulina, Garlic, Vegetable and Fruit Extract (Spinach, Broccoli, Red Pepper, Zucchini, Tomato, Pea, Red and
Green Cabbage, Apple, Apricot, Mango, Kiwi, Papaya, Peach, Pear), Vitamin A Acetate, D-Activated Animal-Sterol (D3), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine, DL Alphatocophero ( E ), Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Niacin, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorby-2-Polyphosphate (Stable C), Ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate,
Choline Chloride.
Today:
Typical Ingredients: Whole Antarctic Krill, Whole Herring,
Whole Wheat Flour, Algae, Beta Carotene, Spirulina, Garlic, Vegetable and Fruit Extract, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Niacin, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Stable C), Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Choline Chloride.
1. Typical<-- The only reason to use that caveat would be an allowance to sometimes use less/none of any ingredient. 2. Krill and Herring no longer described as “meal”<-- the only reason to change that would be an allowance to use wet weight = less meat. 3. Wheat flour as the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] ingredient raises a flag. 4. Stable C<--- do they really have to do that? 5. What happened to the Copper Proteinate?
Xtreme:
Krill Meal, Shrimp Meal, Fish Meal, Herring Meal, Squid Meal Green Peas, Rice Meal,
Wheat Flour, Distillers Dried Grains with Soluables, Brewers Dried Yeast, Spirulina blue-green algae, Paprika, Limestone, Xanthophyll, Fish Oil, Lecithin, Salt, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, di-Alph Tocopheryl Acetate(Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Caldium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex(source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate(source of Vitamin C), Canthaxanthin, Astaxanthin, Beta Carotene
(1. Limestone? 2. Brewers Yeast? 3. PAPRIKA<----Really!?!?)
Omega One:
Whole Salmon, Halibut, Whole Shrimp,
Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Fresh Kelp, Krill, Lecithin, Astaxanthin, Zeaxanthin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Natural and Artificial Colors, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Inositol, Tocopherol (Preservative), Ethoxyquin (Preservative).
1. Ethoxyquin<-- didn't notice this before, not cool and definitely a deal breaker. 2. Wheat Flour AND Wheat Gluten as the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 4[SUP]th[/SUP] ingredient raises a flag.
The bottom line is that NONE of these "so-called" quality foods are enormously different from each other, from an ingredients perspective. In fact the recipe can change at any time and we wont know it unless were paying attention. Xtreme is the only one who “claims” to be hormone free. I’m not so naive to believe pet food manufacturers’ claims; as RD laid out before, Omega One is partially full of it too, but what do we have other than the labels and these forums? The use of wheat flour as a main ingredient is enough to turn me away from making any of these products a long term staple.
