Alpo/Purina seems to be retooling its dog food line in Thailand. The new product line was at Big C today (called Purina Super Coat or something similar), and I will not be buying Purina anymore, even though Alpo Puppy has been decent food and I have fed it to all my dogs (now adult) for ten years.
No more. The new products are billed as more premium food, and are certainly more expensive, but they also contain the most notorious pet food ingredient possible: Unnamed "meat". None of the big three dog food brands in Thailand (SmartHeart, Alpo, and Pedigree) have used this until now, and I will not be buying any more Purina.
Why? Unnamed "meat" can be anything. Horse meat, dead DOGS and CATS from the vet, dead lab animals, road kill, STRAY DOGS, STOLEN PETS... Anything.
After reviewing all the labels of other foods, I am switching to SmartHeart Adult Chicken and Egg Flavor. It seems to be the lesser of the evils out there. My only concern about this SmartHeart product is the amount of food color, but this flavor is a bit less "glowing" than their other flavors.
No more. The new products are billed as more premium food, and are certainly more expensive, but they also contain the most notorious pet food ingredient possible: Unnamed "meat". None of the big three dog food brands in Thailand (SmartHeart, Alpo, and Pedigree) have used this until now, and I will not be buying any more Purina.
Why? Unnamed "meat" can be anything. Horse meat, dead DOGS and CATS from the vet, dead lab animals, road kill, STRAY DOGS, STOLEN PETS... Anything.
After reviewing all the labels of other foods, I am switching to SmartHeart Adult Chicken and Egg Flavor. It seems to be the lesser of the evils out there. My only concern about this SmartHeart product is the amount of food color, but this flavor is a bit less "glowing" than their other flavors.