Nutra Nuggets

[SiberianMaster]

Hello,
I've been feeding my dog Purina I can't afford anything else right know. But, I wanted to mix in some good but fairly affordable nutritious food too. So I bought a bag of Nutra Nuggets. Does anyone now about it? From what I read it is a good food, but wan't some other opinion's. When I can afford it I'll start buying him Evo,(Innova).

 

[Mordy]

it's one of the lines of food made by diamond. if you look at the ingredient lists, you will see there is actually not all that much of a difference, since it's a mainly byproduct-based food as well.

if you can't spend much money on food right now, look into costco's "kirkland signature" food. it's also made by diamond but has better ingredients and a pretty decent price. you would either need a costco membership yourself, o someone who has one and can buy the food for you. if you don't have a membership or don't know anyone who does, it's kind of a moot point tho, since you have to pay around $50/year upfront for membership.

 

[yuckaduck]

I think you have to own a business in order to get a membership their too. We have one and that is the food I use; my dogs are great on it. It is $19.99 Canadian funds-for a 40 pound bag.

 

[SiberianMaster]

We looked at both ingrediants for Kirkland and Nutra, and Nutra had higher proteins and such that I feel is good quality for my dog, until I start to buy him Evo.

 

[Mordy]

I think you have to own a business in order to get a membership their too.

nope, they have non-business membership as well.

 

[Mordy]

We looked at both ingrediants for Kirkland and Nutra, and Nutra had higher proteins and such that I feel is good quality for my dog, until I start to buy him Evo.

the "numbers" don't really say much, since you don't know how much of the crude protein and fat is actually digestible.

for example you can have a food with 28% protein and 18% fat which are only 70% digestible, or one with 22% protein and 12% fat which are 95% digestible. the second food has lower percentages "on paper" but your dog can utilize more of the nutrients.

the kirkland has the better ingredient quality, for example it does not contain animal byproducts.

 

[SiberianMaster]

Well for me I'll stick with Nutra rather than Kirkland, as long as meat is the first ingrediant and if it's better than Purina. I'm sticking with it until I can buy Evo.

 

[Mordy]

the problem is that byproducts aren't meat, they are everything but the quality meat cut from an animal carcass.

 

[SiberianMaster]

What is it, if it's not meat?? The first ingrediant on the package is lamb meal. The only byproduct in it is turkey.

 

[Mordy]

imagine an animal carcass, such as for example a whole frying chicken or a thanksgiving turkey. now cut away all the quality meat such as the breast and thighs. what's left over is "byproduct" - mostly the bones, some scrap meat that's still hanging on, some skin, feet, necks, and the organs, unless otherwise used (they tend to go into canned food).

byproducts don't only come from meat tho, they can also be plant material.

things like brewer's rice, which is a rice byproduct - the small, cracked, broken fragments that are separated from milled rice.

other common byproducts are

egg product, which is made from broken eggs and leftovers from egg grading operations.

potato product, pieces, peelings,culls and other leftovers from potato processing plants.

generic "fish meal", which is generally made from fish scrap leftover in the fishing industry. this is preserved with ethoxyquin per US coast guard regulations.

 

[SiberianMaster]

ohh.. that's gross. Thanks for the info.