Quality food from mass-market vendors?

Mary wrote:



Yes. Now in many flavors, "beef" or "chicken" are the first
ingredient,whereas before it was byproducts. Tender Beef Feast is a good one
as is Salmon Feast. They are both ground foods.

Actually, water is the main ingredient (as in any canned food).

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Actually, water is the main ingredient (as in any canned food).

Water's the main constituent, not the main ingredient.

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Mary wrote:



Yes. Now in many flavors, "beef" or "chicken" are the first
ingredient,whereas before it was byproducts. Tender Beef Feast is a good
one
as is Salmon Feast. They are both ground foods.

Actually, water is the main ingredient (as in any canned food).

I said "first ingredient." As in FIRST INGREDIENT listed. But
I'm glad you made me look. I was wrong about Tender Beef
Feast. The first ingredient listed is "Beef broth" then "liver" "fish"
THEN "meat byproducts."

The first ingredient in the Chopped Grill Feast flavor is
"meat byproducts" and that is the way all the FF labels
used to read.

OTOH, the first ingredient in Salmon Feast is "salmon," and
the first ingredient in Chicken Feast is "Chicken broth"
then "chicken" THEN meat byproducts.

I would use the ones Phil recommends but my girls will
only lick the gravy off the chunky/sliced varieties, whereas
they eat all of the ground or flaked kind.

Mary wrote:


Actually, water is the main ingredient (as in any canned food).

I said "first ingredient." As in FIRST INGREDIENT listed. But
I'm glad you made me look. I was wrong about Tender Beef
Feast. The first ingredient listed is "Beef broth" then "liver" "fish"
THEN "meat byproducts."

Yes, I know what you said.

Most people tend to think that pet food labels follow the same rules as
human food labels. Since water is the primary ingredient (or
constituent), what is the purpose of looking at the ingredient label at
all? Surely, you cannot ascertain the quality of a food just by
looking at an ingredient label? Especially since the quality of each
individual ingredient is not given.