Dog pukes. Might it be his food? What's a safe brand?

[servadac]

@kam4031 Judging foods based on their ingredient lists is highly discouraged due to the fact that it doesn't provide you with important information.

Although ingredient lists are commonly used by pet owners and most pet food rating sites to determine the quality of pet foods, this approach has many pitfalls and usually is not a good way to select a food.

...while we may feel better about feeding a diet full of great-sounding ingredients, these diets are usually similar or even potentially less nutritious than diets containing less appealing (to people) ingredients. There is no way to determine diet quality from the label or the ingredient list.

http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2016/06/why-you-shouldnt-judge-a-pet-food-by-its-ingredient-list/

Overall, the ingredient name does not detail its nutritional quality, its digestibility, or the
bioavailability of its nutrients. The most important thing is that the final product (formulated by
experts) is tested to ensure that the nutritional requirements of your pet are met.

https://www.wsava.org/WSAVA/media/r...lish/Frequently-Asked-Questions-and-Myths.pdf

 

[cannie]

@servadac That doesn’t mean poor ingredients are not having long term affects. You raise a good point, and this should be taken into consideration along with good ingredients, not instead if.

 

[servadac]

@cannie But you cannot tell the quality, digestibility, and bioavailavility from an ingredient list, so how would you be able to tell what's good and poor? How can you know that the way those ingredients go together ensures that a dog is able to take in and actually absorb everything they need?