We start with chicken by-product meal. By-products are floor sweepings collected from a rendering plant. Anything that hits the floor and is not fit for human consumption is by-product. By-products can't have "added" feathers but the ones included in the mess are just fine. Meal means the floor sweepings have had the water removed and the feathers, poultry poo, whatever has hit the floor is now concentrated.

Meat Broth - Meat can be any recycled animal, including cat or dog, but not one in particular. "Meat" is often rendered dogs and cats as well as other animals such as road-kill. When the source of the meat is known it will be listed as beef, poultry, chicken, turkey, etc. If the source of the meat is not known it is simply called "meat".

Wheat flour, corn flour, soy protein concentrate, wheat gluten, and corn gluten meal are cheap fillers used by pet food companies to reduce production costs. Gluten is a super concentrated mix as is meal. So the grain in this batch is actually at least 10 times the amount listed.

We should probably take time out from this review to remind ourselves of the good and bad effects of corn, wheat, and soy in a cat or dog's diet. *Corn, wheat and soy are resonsible for fever, ear aches, ear infections, bad bread, dental disease, hair loss, dry and itchy skin, bloat, tumors, warts, moles, abnormal nail growth, arthritis, deafness, blindness, digestive problems, siezures, inflamed liver, inflamed kidneys, bladder problems, heart problems, and death. Oh yeah, for the good effects of these three grains - reduces the cost of pet food production.

Cellulose Powder - recycled news paper used to make insulation.

Propylene Glycol - are clear liquids used in antifreeze and deicing solutions.

Given the history of recalls and the class actions against Mars company for the illnesses and deaths of pets and the sorry contents of this dog food I must tell you I would not feed this junk to any pet I care about. - Susan Peters

WholeMeals Dog Food for Large DogsDog Food Rating

• Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = No animal digest
• Corn - Minus 1 point = Corn Gluten Meal, Corn Flour
• Wheat - Minus 1 point = Wheat flour, Wheat Gluten
• Soy - Minus 1 point = Soy Protein Isolate
• Gluten - Minus 1 point = Corn gluten meal, Wheat Gluten
• Extra Goodies - Minus 1 point = Rice Flour, Meat Broth (what meat?), Vegetable Oil, Propylene Glycol (antifreeze), Cellulose Powder, Malted Barley, salt
• By-Products - Minus 1 point = Chicken By-Product Meal
• Animal Fat - Plus 1 point = No animal fat
• Pet Food Recalls - Minus 1 point = Recalls Mars Pet Food
• Class Action - Minus 1 point = Class Action Mars Pet Food

WholeMeals Dog Food for Large Dogs Dog Food Rating

Total Score = 2/10