>From: Selina <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: fml - Vegan ferret diet
>
>this post from today's FML really caught my eye
>
> Bad ferret food http://www.petfoodshop.com/index.cfm?id=267516
Oh Good Grief, did you happen to see the ingredients? I didn't think
ferrets were supposed to have most of the ingredients (grains) they
list as being part of their product.
Ingredient List
Ingredients: Whole Grain Wheat Flour, or Whole Oat Groats, Corn Gluten
Meal, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Carrots, Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried
Potato Product, Dried Molasses, Deflourinated Phosphate, Potassium
Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Nutritional Yeast, Arginine,
DL-Methionine, Kelp Meal, Taurine, Garlic, Enzyme Bromelain from
Pineapple Stem & Fruit, Enzyme Papain from Papaya, Dried Lactobacillus
Acidophilus, Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Bifidum
fermentation product, Lysine, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous
Sulfate, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D2 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement,
Niacin, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin
B-12 Supplement, Thiamin Mononitrate, , Menadione Sodium Bisulfite
complex, Folic acid, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Inositol,
Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Zinc
Methionine Complex, Copper Lysine Complex, Manganese, Methionine Complex
Arachidonic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Cobalt Glucoheptonate.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (Minimum).............28.0%
Crude Fat (Minimum).................14.0%
Crude Fiber (Minimum)................3.5%
Moisture (Minimum)..................10.0%
2) Evolution Diet Gourmet Pasta or Gourmet Fondue Cat Dry Kibble
Ingredients: Whole Grain Wheat Flour, or Whole Oat Groats, Corn Gluten
Meal, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Carrots, Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried
Potato Product, Dried Molasses, Deflourinated Phosphate, Lecithin, Sea
Kelp, Taurine, Garlic, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Salt,
Nutritional Yeast, Arginine, DL-Methionine, Enzyme Bromelain from
Pineapple Stem & Fruit, Enzyme Papain from Papaya, Dried Lactobacillus
Acidophilus, Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Bifidum
fermentation product, Lysine, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous
Sulfate, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D2 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement,
Niacin, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin
B-12 Supplement, Thiamin Mononitrate, Kelp Meal, Menadione Sodium
Bisulfite complex, Folic acid, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2),
Inositol, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Sodium
Selenite, Zinc Methionine Complex, Copper Lysine Complex, Manganese,
Methionine Complex, Arachidonic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Cobalt
Glucoheptonate.
Guarenteed Analysis
Crude Protein (Minimum)............30.0%
Crude Fat (Minimum)................14.0%
Crude Fiber (Minimum)...............3.5%
Moisture (Minimum).................10.0%
Ash Content (Minimum)...............6.0%
3) Evolution Diet Moist Canned Dog Food (Gourmet Entree Flavor)
Ingredients: Filtered Water Sufficient for processing, Peas, Potatoes,
Brown Rice, Avocado, Carrots, Wheat Germ, Oat Groats, Dicalcium
Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Nutritional Yeast,, DL-Methionine, L-Taurine,
Guar Gum, Sea Kelp, DL- Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A
Acetate, Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D-2), Choline Chloride, Ferrous
Sulphate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Oxide, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate,
Copper Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2),
Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic acid, Biotin,
Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Sodium Selenate, Arachidonic Acid.
Guarenteed Analysis
Crude Protein (Minimum)...............8.00%
Crude Fat (Minimum)...................5.00%
Crude Fiber (Minimum)..................2.0%
Moisture (Minimum)....................76.0%
4) Evolution Diet Moist Canned Dog Food (Gourmet Vegetable Stew Entree
Flavor)
Ingredients: Filtered Water Sufficient for processing, Peas, Potatoes,
Brown Rice, Carrots, Wheat Germ, Oat Groats, Dicalcium Phosphate, Soybean
Oil, Nutritional Yeast, DL-Methionine, L-Taurine, Guar Gum, Sea Kelp,
DL-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A Acetate,
Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D-2), Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulphate, Zinc
Oxide, Manganese Oxide Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate Copper Oxide
Manganese Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Thiamine
Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12
Supplement, Sodium Selenate, Arachidonic Acid.
Guarenteed Analysis
Crude Protein (Minimum)...............8.00%
Crude Fat (Minimum)...................5.00%
Crude Fiber (Minimum)..................2.0%
Moisture (Minimum)....................76.0%
5) Evolution Diet Moist Canned Cat Food (Gourmet Entree Flavor)
Ingredients: Filtered Water Sufficient for processing, Peas, Potatoes,
Brown Rice, Avocado, Carrots, Wheat Germ, Oat Groats, Dicalcium
Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Brewers Dried Yeast, DL-Methionine, L-Taurine,
Guar Gum, Sea Kelp, DL- Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A
Acetate, Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D-2), Choline Chloride, Ferrous
Sulphate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Oxide, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate,
Copper Oxide, Manganese Sulphate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2),
Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic acid, Biotin,
Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Sodium Selenate, Arachidonic Acid.
Guarenteed Analysis
Crude Protein (Minimum)...............8.00%
Crude Fat (Minimum)...................5.00%
Crude Fiber (Minimum)..................2.0%
Moisture (Minimum)....................76.0%
6) Evolution Diet Moist Canned Cat Food (Gourmet Vegetable Stew Entree)
Ingredients: Filtered Water Sufficient for processing, Peas, Potatoes,
Brown Rice, Carrots, Wheat Germ, Oat Groats, Dicalcium Phosphate, Soybean
Oil, Nutritional Yeast, DL-Methionine, L-Taurine, Guar Gum, Sea Kelp, DL-
Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A Acetate, Ergocalciferol
(Vitamin D-2), Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulphate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese
Oxide Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Thiamine Mononitrate,
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement,
Sodium Selenate, Arachidonic Acid.
7) Vegetarian Dinner 14oz Cans
Ingredients: Water Sufficient for processing, Potatoes, Carrots, Oat
Groats, Sun Flower Oil, Peas, Brown Rice, Tomatoes, Avocadoes,
Blueberries, Cranberries, Brewers Dried Yeast, Taurine, Vitamin a
Acetate, Vitamin D2 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamin
Mononitrate, Pyriodoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12, Supplement
Biotin, Folic Acid, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate,
Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodated and Sodium Selenite.
Please tell me I'm wrong!
[Posted in FML issue 5347]
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