Compare Life's Abundance Holistic Dog Food

Buyer Beware: of companies that are just out to get your buck and don't care about the health of your precious furry companion.

The Following Practices are Used by Some Pet Food Manufacturers

POOR
PROTEIN
SOURCES

Soybean Meal, Wheat, Corn Glutens, Corn Meal, Whole Corn, Crushed Corn and Ground Corn are commonly used for their protein content in many pet foods. These ingredients are generally poor sources of protein vs. meat.

CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES

BHA, BHT and ethoxyquin are found in many pet foods. Scientific studies have proven that these chemicals can be harmful. In fact, they have been shown to promote liver disease and other medical problems.

FOOD COLORING

Food colorings are still commonly used in pet foods today despite the fact that they are not necessary and some have been linked to medical problems.

BY-PRODUCTS

By-products can vary ... they can consist of the internal parts of animals such as necks, heads, undeveloped eggs, feet, intestines, lungs, spleen and liver. Although by-products are used by many manufacturers, are these ingredients you would knowingly feed your pet?

WHAT LABELS
DON'T REVEAL
Consider this example:

You decide to eat a balanced meal. You order a fast food hamburger, which contains protein from meat, carbohydrates from bread and vegetables from tomatoes. The three food groups. The next night your mom prepares the same balanced meal but her hamburger is made with premium grade sirloin meat, whole wheat bread and fresh garden tomatoes. While the ingredient list for both dinners would read the same, obviously mom's meal provides a higher level of nutrition.

Condemned parts and animals rejected for human consumption can be rerouted into commercial pet foods. These condemned parts are referred to as the 4 D's: dead, dying, diseased or decayed. We believe this is one of the most despicable practices in the pet food manufacturing industry.

Some manufacturers have a lower standard regarding the quality of ingredients they use to make pet food. A recent example of this practice is the discovery of Pentobarbital in major pet foods, including supermarket brands. Pentobarbital is a chemical used to euthanize animals. Many holistic veterinarians feel that daily ingestion of pentobarbital can be harmful.

Many manufacturers cut costs by using the cheapest ingredients available at the time a food is made. Since costs rise and fall, some manufacturers will vary ingredients from batch to batch .. resulting in changed nutrient values for each batch and possible digestive illness.

Some manufacturers have lower standards regarding the freshness of ingredients they use to make pet food. You can not determine the freshness of ingredients by reading a label; you must trust the pet food manufacturer.

Life's Abundance Premium Dog Food Food Adheres to

the Highest of Standards......Exclusively to Enhance Your Pet's

Health and Wellbeing

Formulated to Help Your Pet
Live the Happiest, Healthiest
& Longest Life Possible

A Holistic dog food Recipe by Dr. Jane Bicks
A Highly Respected & Nationally Recognized Veterinarian & Formulator

HIGH QUALITY
PROTEIN
SOURCES

Life's Abundance has ONLY hormone and steroid free chicken meal. There's more protein in every mouthful of chicken meal than whole chicken because whole chicken contains water and fat. Life's Abundance food also contains high quality egg and fish meal.

NATURAL
PRESERVATIVES

Life's Abundance has NO artificial colors, flavors or chemical preservatives. It is preserved with natural mixed tocopherols (vitamin E).

NO BY-PRODUCTS

Life's Abundance Premium dog food uses only High quality proteins.

POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANTS

Life's Abundance has powerful antioxidants from grape seed extract and other natural sources. Scientific studies prove antioxidants help deter over 60 degenerative diseases including kidney disease, heart disease and even cancer.

PROBIOTICS

Life's Abundance Premium dog food has five probiotics or friendly bacteria to help increase the digestion of nutrients to ensure proper intestinal movement and to fortify the immune system.

FATTY ACIDS

Life's Abundance has fatty acids from fish meal and fish oils because scientific studies reveal their vital importance in the body's control of illness. Also important for a healthy and shiny coat.

CHELATED
MINERALS

Life's Abundance Holistic dog food has chelated minerals for increased absorption in the body.

WHAT LABELS
DON'T REVEAL

OUR PREMIUM
MANUFACTURING
PROCESS

How and where a food is manufactured determines the quality and wholesomeness of the food. Our pet food manufacturer has very high standards of operation and quality control. It is a third-generation, father and son business. Their expertise using a low temperature, fast cooking method ensures nutrient retention. The manufacturing facility is a USDA certified APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service) plant. APHIS certification allows the sale of a finished product to the International market, including the European market, which has extremely high standards on ingredient sources. Under APHIS certification, the plant and ingredient facilities are routinely inspected.

PREMIUM INGREDIENTS: The ingredients listed on our label do not vary due to price. Our manufacturer does not use animal parts containing pentobarbital. All ingredients come from the same processing plants used for people. Our chicken is free of steroids and hormones. FRESHNESS IS A PRIORITY: Our ingredients are ordered in smaller quantities to Ensure that Life's Abundance Premium Dog Food are Wholesome and Nutrient Rich. In addition, you will generally receive Life's Abundance Premium Dog Food within four weeks from the day it was made! We are dedicated to upholding extremely high manufacturing standards because we care about your pet.

Compare Your Brand of Dog Food to Life's Abundance Premium Health Food Life's Abundance is MORE than just a food..... It's a Canine's Delightful Dining Experience!
	Favorable	Life's Abundance	Nutro Natural Choice	Science Diet Adult Maintenance	Flint River Oven Baked Puppy/Adult	Purina One Adult Chicken & Rice Formula	Purina Beneful	Iams Adult Lamb Meal & Rice	Eukanuba Adult Maintenance	Alpo
	Unfavorable	Life's Abundance	Nutro Natural Choice	Science Diet Adult Maintenance	Flint River Oven Baked Puppy/Adult	Purina One Adult Chicken & Rice Formula	Purina Beneful	Iams Adult Lamb Meal & Rice	Eukanuba Adult Maintenance	Alpo
Look at the First 3 Ingredients - They Often Make Up the Principal Components of a Food
First Three Ingredients Corn, wheat, gluten & soy are generally inferior sources of protein. They are often difficult to digest & to use by the body. Also can cause G.I. problems. Meat & bone meal can contain an unknown quantity of bone, which is an inferior protein.		Chicken Meal (hormone & steroid free)	Lamb Meal	Chicken	Chicken Meal	Chicken	Ground Yellow Corn	Lamb Meal	Chicken	Ground Yellow Corn
		Ground Brown Rice	Ground Rice	Corn Meal	Whole Wheat Flour	Brewers Rice	Chicken By-product meal	Brewers Rice	Chicken Byproduct Meal	Beef & Bone Meal
		Potato Product	Rice Bran	Ground Grain Sorghum	Ground Rice	Whole Grain Corn	Corn Gluten Meal	Corn Meal	Corn Meal	Soybean meal
Watch Out for Harmful Chemicals & Unsavory Byproducts
Preservatives Can be very harmful		Mixed Tocopherols	Mixed Tocopherols	BHA, BHT	Mixed Tocopherols	Mixed Tocopherols	Mixed Tocopherols	Mixed Tocopherols	Mixed Tocopherols	BHA
By-products Generally inferior sources of protein		none	none	yes	none	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Artificial Dyes Many vets believe they are linked to health problems		none	none	none	none	none	Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2	none	none	Red 40
Look for Powerful Health Promoting Ingredients
Probiotics Good for Digestive & Immune System		yes	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Antioxidants Vital to Good Health (Grapeseed Extract powerful source)		yes Grapeseed Extract	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Chelated Minerals Better absorbed		yes	none	none	yes	none	none	none	none	none
Vegetables Excellent Source of Antioxidants & Phytonutrients		yes	none	none	none	none	yes	none	none	none
Food Rating*		10	7	4	7	5	3	5	4	1
Cost to Feed and Cost Delivered to Your Door
Cost Per Cup Based on the number of Cups in Each Bag		$0.29	$0.16	$0.19	$0.29**	$0.17	$0.13	$0.17	$0.21	$0.09
Daily Feeding Amount Based on 50 lb dog		2 cups	3.5 cups	3.25 cups	2.5 cups**	2.5 cups	3.33 cups	2.5 cups	2 cups	3.5 cups
Daily Cost to Feed Based on feeding amounts & # of cups/ bag		$0.59	$0.58	$0.60	$0.72**	$0.42	$0.43	$0.42	$0.43	$0.31
Total Cost to Feed + Shipping		$0.70	$0.86	$0.86	$0.72	$0.67	$0.67	$0.62	$0.61	$0.59
Food Rating*		10	7	4	7	5	3	5	4	1
*Rating: Each food starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted for each unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting ingredient.		Life's Abundance	Nutro Natural Choice	Science Diet Adult Maintenance	Flint River Oven Baked Puppy/Adult	Purina One Adult Chicken & Rice Formula	Purina Beneful	Iams Adult Lamb Meal & Rice	Eukanuba Adult Maintenance	Alpo

* Rating: Each food starts with 10 points. 1 point is deducted for each unfavorable ingredient or lack of a health-promoting ingredient.
** Includes shipping and cups to feed 45-55 lb. dog.
In most cases, food costs are an average of prices found in local stores and popular Internet sites. Shipping costs are an average of three popular Internet sites.
Chart created 2/24/03.