Nature's Recipe Dog Food Review: Farm Stand Selects Dog
The right variety of high quality ingredients, including flavorful fruits and vegetables, can make a meal so enjoyable. That is why Nature's Recipe® Farm Stand SelectsTM contains carefully selected real fruits and vegetables, savory turkey and hearty grains. It is a delicious and nutritious meal that will delight your dog's taste buds while nourishing his body. And since it is from Nature's Recipe®, Farm Stand SelectsTM delivers great taste naturally, without artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. Give your dog a sweet surprise of flavorful fruits and tasty vegetables for the great taste he deserves!
Over time, even common ingredients like beef, corn or wheat can lead to food intolerance. So choose Nature's Recipe®. Our dog food provides balanced nutrition without beef, corn or wheat.
Benefits:
Unique Formulation Aspect Canine Health Benefit Formulated without beef, corn, wheat or dairy products, No sugars added.Avoids common pet food ingredients that may cause food intolerances.Real Turkey is the #1 ingredient Great tasting, high quality protein source to help build and maintain strong muscles and vital organs Real fruits and vegetables.Natural sources of free radical fighting antioxidants to help maintain a healthy, strong immune system Balanced levels of mega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids.Helps promote the body's natural defense systems Optimum level of dietary fiber from natural sources Helps maintain a healthy gastrointestinal tract Natural with added vitamins and minerals; no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors.Promotes health, beauty and vitality while avoiding ingredients you may not want in your dog's diet.
Ingredients:
Turkey, turkey meal, ground rice, barley, chicken fat, (preserved with mixed tocopherols), oatmeal, potato protein, cranberries, apples, peas, carrots, animal digest, tomato, pomace, sodium tripolyphosphate, flax seed, potassium, chloride, salt, vitamins (vitamin e supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin c), inositol, niacin supplement, vitamin a supplement, d-calcium pantothenate , thiamine mononitrate, beta-carotene, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, vitamin d3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin b12 supplement,), minerals (zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite) yucca schidigera, choline choloride, rosemary extract.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein25.0%
Crude Fat13.0%
Crude Fiber4.0%
Moisture10.0%
Calcium1.0%
Phosphorus0.8%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids*0.25%
Omega-6 Fatty Acids*2.00%
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles. Nature's Recipe Dog Food Review:
Animal Digest - 1 point possible = Minus 1 point = Animal Digest
Corn - 1 point possible = Plus 1 point = no corn
Wheat - 1 point possible = Plus 1 point = No wheat
Soy - 1 point possible = Plus 1 point = No Soy
Gluten - 1 point possible=Plus 1 point = no gluten
Extra Goodies - 1 point possible = Minus 1 point = ground rice
By-Products - 1 point possible = Plus 1 point = No by-products
Animal Fat - 1 point possible = Minus 1 point = chicken fat
Pet Food Recalls - 1 point possible = Plus 1 point = No Recalls Nature's Recipe Pet Foods
Class Action - 1 point possible = Minus 1 point = Class Action against Nature's Recipe Pet Foods
Dog Food Rating for Nature's Recipe Farm Stand Selects Dog Food:
Total Score = 6/10
Ask Susan Peters Nature's Recipe Dog Food Review:
There are a lot of ingredients listed in this product not required by a dog. Most of the ingredients listed are "feel good" ingredients. When it comes down to what this pet food is made up of we find manure with other junk added to it. I wouldn't feed manure to my dog and I'm not spending hard-earned money to buy packaged manure.
Published by Susan Peters
Susan Peters is a professional pet groomer for more than 20 years. Susan has taken her interest in pet care and carried it over into writing for the public. View profile
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11 Comments
Post a CommentWhen switching your dog to a Vegetarian Dog Food you need to realize that it is a gradual process. You can't switch over all at once but need to introduce the vegetarian food slowly, gradually reducing the ratio of old-food to new food to ensure your dog's stomach doesn't get upset.
...continued from the last post that cut me off....A cat suture was even found in a bag of Natura Innova Senior Plus and it was embedded into a piece of kibble along with what they discovered was cat connective tissue. A great website that I found most of my info on was http://www.boston-terriers.com/food.htm, (I own labs and not boston terriers but the website is based on foods not breeds of dogs)and then researched from there to find scientific data to make sure it was the truth. Anyways... good luck with any research on a 'truely' good dog diet.
I have been doing a lot of research on dog foods. I have just decided to take my dogs off of the raw diet after doing it for over a year. Even though our dogs look great on the raw diet doesn't mean their insides look as good. Great website on raw and how it can effect your dogs: http://www.thepethealthportal.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=113. The research I have done has opened my eyes tremendesly on what not to feed my dogs but I still have no clue now what to actually switch my dogs to...every diet made up for dogs seem soooo bad. I'm going to post a few things that I read and want to inform you of, and if you know of any other diet to feed my dogs that are completely healthy and safe, please let me know.
'Taste of the Wild' is made by Diamond Pet Food who has numerous recalls. In many of the high end dog foods there were testing and found out that euthanized cats and dogs were packed right into the kibble. A cat suture was even found in a bag of Natura Innova Senio
Lets stick to the point...I got this food for my dog- he spray painted neon yellow diarrhea all over the place and had many wet farts. $400 in vet bills and xrays to make sure something wasnt lodged in his stomach...it is definitly the food.
To say a dog is an omnivore is foolish. All of the dogs I see fed raw are in much better condition and do so much better on it than any kibble. A lot of dogs develop numerous health related problems when fed a vegetarian diet. Those who say dogs digestive systems have "evolved" are foolish, they have not changed from the wolves and in fact do great on more meat based diets. Also consider that vets will tell you certain brands of food, or vegetarian diets are better for your dog. A lot of vets suggest Science diet, purina, or other brands alike. Those foods are all crap. My dogs were on Natures recipe at one time and all had skin allergies and other problems related to it. Good dog food are foods like Blue Buffalo, Taste of the Wild, Organix, Newmans own, Wellness, ect ect. My dogs have thrived on more meat based diets, but did poorly on more vegetarian based diets. I don't know any good working dogs in the German Shepherd world who are on vegetarian diets. I train and compete in Sc
is much harder to feed a vegetarian diet. You cant just open a bag and pour it in. Most of these diets are homemade and take time to prepare. Any who I'm rambling. You both make good points and I appreciate that you have taken such strong positions and have voiced them.
Wow! I wish my name was "dogs might be omnivores"!! But its not. And I'm really not going to get in the middle of this sibling rivalry. But I will say that I am probably more on the side of the meat eater just because i have always been a strong believer that dogs are opportunistic carnivores. They are by no means carnivores and are by no means better off by eating a vegetarian diet. Since dogs digestive tracts are short and cant fully digest most grains and utilize the wonderful nutrients in them, and since meats contain most(if not all) of the amino acids which serve as the building blocks for body tissue, organs, enzymes and more, I just stick to feeding her meat. Plus, roughly half of the dry mass of a dog consists of protein. Now I'm not saying that the vegetarian or vegan diet is not for dogs. I have heard many stories about dogs living for up to 27 years on these diets. So whether it works for all dogs or not is still up for debate but it does work for some at least. However it
Humans are also omnivores. We don't need meat to survive. Humans who do not consume meat, live longer than ones who do. Saying dogs are not omnivores is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard considering that you back that up by saying dogs need meat because a trainer told you so.
Cats do need meat. They are true carnivores. They need it to live.
Nobody is starving their dog by feeding a vegetarian diet. My dog is 15 years old and has been on a vegetarian food for the entire 15 years of her life. Any "real" trainer would tell you your dog needs meat? That's a load of crap. I am a dog trainer and have been for 6 years now. I don't know what kind of trainers you have been talking to.
I'm sorry to hear that your dog has diarrhea and is vomiting, but i'm sure it has nothing to do with the food being vegetarian.
I don't know much about Nature's Recipe but I bought a bag of the farm stand select for my dog and she has been vomiting and having diahrea since eating it. Nothing else has changed in her routine and she hasn't ingested anything aside from the food. It has been close to 2 weeks now, and the only reason I waited was because I know when switching foods sometimes a little change in consistency is expected, but this has gone far beyond that. At this point we are going to the vet.
I also noticed an article that dogs are omnivores... this is amusing because ask any real trainer and they'll tell you that's not true. Meat and byproduct are where dogs get essential nutrients. While protein can come in other forms, protein in meat is the only source that a dogs stomach can make use of. The only purpose of fiber in a dogs diet is to serve as mortar in the bowels. Don't starve your dogs to death by feeding them vegetarian dog food. They are carnivores, they need meat. And also as a pr
I read the list again there is animal digest, my apologies. I still think out of the bulk of the commercially available foods on the market today that Nature's Recipe is not that bad. Seems like no matter where I look almost every dog food brand has had a recall.