For the life of me I dont see what ya'll see in Pro Plan. According to the research I've done on all ingredience Pro Plan is junk.
Wow, pretty strong statement from a guy that can't spell ingredients. You want to believe when you see a post like this that people are bright enough to take it for what it is worth...maybe not. Exactly what research did you do before placing Pro Plan in the junk category?
Well I can spell
F@#$ U but I wont. So my fingers were moving faster than my brain BFD!! I'd rather go out and train with a guy that cant spell than an arrogant SOB that thinks he's better than someone else.
For one too much grain at the top of the list. Even though chicken is listed as the first ingredient it may not make up the bulk of the food. For example PP largebreed puppy's ingredients list, chicken, brewers rice, corn gluten meal. It may have more chicken than the rice or the corn gluten but if you combine the two they may out weigh the chicken. Forth ingredient is poultry by product meal then whole grain corn and wheat. Also some PP list beef tallow pretty high up on the list and according to a web site I have looked at that breaks down the quality of ingredients individually claims that beef tallow is very hard for dogs to digest. Also PP does not list Omega 6 and 3 fatty acids in the analysist.
I know a lot of people including big name pros swear by Pro Plan and that's the only reason I am considering trying it with this pup. If not for that just from what I have read and by comparing ingredients I wouldnt touch it.
By law, the ingredients must be listed on the tag in the order of the percentage they occur in the formulation. For any manufacturer, it could be true that the second and third listed ingredients combined make up a higher percentage than that single first ingredient....so what. By the way, corn gluten meal is 60% crude protein, if it made up the portion of the formula you want us to believe the products crude protein would be off the charts. The comments about beef tallow are even further from the truth. Animal fats used in animal nutrition trade in 3 basic categories, the cheapest being yellow grease, followed by choice white grease and the most expensive, highest quality being beef tallow. Look at metabolizable energy of the formula if you want to begin to understand fat/energy. Finally, you should already know from your exhaustive research that linoleic acid is a Omega 6 fatty acid. You would also know that DHA and EPA are Omega 3 fatty acids. These Omega fatty acids are listed right there on the "analysist" as you put it. The Purina Pro Plan line is what it is, one of a small handful of premium canine diets available in commercial channels.
That's what I was askin foe is infoemashun alls yuz gotta do is sey so yuz dont neads to be a asshole.
I would like to dispell another comment made in this thread. PMI and Ralston Purina do not share the same formulation and research team. PMI distributed Pro Plan through its dealers for 5 years following the sale by Ralston Purina of that division to another company. That distribution deal was not renewed at the end of five years. At that point, PMI entered the pet food market by having Doanes, the countries largest private label pet food manufacturer make its pet food. That relationship continues today with the exception of the Exclusive product which is made for them by Diamond Pet Foods.