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Zignature Duck Formula (dry) Review

Zignature Dry Dog Food Review

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Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a dog food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

Zignature Duck Formula (dry) includes the following:

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, Zignature Duck Formula (dry)'s most plentiful ingredient listed is duck, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains duck meal as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, Zignature Duck Formula (dry) also contains as top ingredients pea flour. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your dog's diet. However, they are sometimes used to help maintain the kibble shape in dry foods.

This product does not appear to contain any of the common feline food allergens, however this is not a guarantee that dogs who suffer from allergies will by symptom-free while eating this food.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Zignature Duck Formula (dry) has:

• significantly less protein than average
• significantly more carbohydrates than average
• less fat than average
• more fiber than average

In general, dogs have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

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All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on May 6, 2017.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Duck, Duck Meal, Chickpeas, Pea Flour, Peas, Sunflower Oil (Preserved With Citric Acid), Flaxseed, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Natural Flavors, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate), Vitamins (Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Blueberries, Carrots, Cranberries, Lactic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols.

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*Note that some nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each dog food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber, moisture and ash in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Exact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values.

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