From: meat@meatplow.local   
      
   On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:50:06 +0000, Charliedog Has Frothed:   
      
   >   
   > I was a Walmart recently and noticed that the formula for Maxximum dog   
   > food has changed quite a bit.  The bag says no preservative, no   
   > by-products, no artifical flavors, and not chelated minerals.  It is   
   > also corn and wheat free. Ingredients: Lamb, chicken meal, ground whole   
   > grain sorghum, brewers rice, ground barley, chicken fat (with   
   > tocopherols), dried beet pulp, carrots, natural flavor, ground   
   > flaxseed, peas, potassium chloride, dried egg product, brewers dried   
   > yeast, salt, blueberry pomace, etc.: minderals and vitamins.   
   >   
   > So my question is could this food not really be that bad.  I know there   
   > are a few questionable not neccessarily bad things such as salt, beet   
   > pulp, egg porduct, sorghum, and brewers rice, but this food seems to be   
   > a lot better than anything else they sell at  Wal-Mart.  I also read   
   > study that found there was no phenobarbatal(sp) found in this dog food   
   > which is good new because it means there is no euthanized animals.   
   >   
   > So baisis aside from being produced by Wal-Mart, is this food worth   
   > getting?  I know compared to many of the premuim brands not found at   
   > Wal-Mart or pet stores it is still not the best but it seems a lot   
   > better than many commercial dog foods.   
   >   
   > Brian H.   
      
   Most of those brands are made by the same company.   
      
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