Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food


The Good


First ingredient is a named meat source

The Bad


Heavy Corn Content

Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food Full Review


Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food

Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food is part of the Blue Seal Dog Food product line. Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food is made and manufactured by Muscatine Foods Corporation.

Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food Review

When analyzing dog food brands the first five ingredients are going to be the most important. The first five ingredients are going to make up the majority of the recipe. We have listed the ingredients, analysis of the first five, and the guaranteed analysis of Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food.

    Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Rice Bran, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Fat (Stabilized with Mixed Tocopherols), Ground Oats, Ground Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Ground Flaxseed, Calcium Carbonate, Fish Meal, Yeast Culture, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Sweet Potatoes, Dried Chicory Root, Blueberries, Dried Yeast Fermentation Solubles, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Selenium Yeast, Sodium Selenite, DL-Methionine, Rosemary Extract, Lascorbyl- 2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C).
    1. Chicken Meal
    2. Ground Corn
    3. Ground Barley
    4. Rice Bran
    5. Corn Gluten Meal
    Chicken Meal: Chicken Meal is an excellent protein source. Unlike the ingredient “Chicken”, the water content has been removed from this ingredient. The AAFCO definition is the following: "Chicken which has been ground or otherwise reduced in particle size."

    Ground Corn:If corn is going to be used as an ingredient in dog food we would prefer not to see it so heavily used. The current AAFCO definition for Ground Corn is:"same as ground corn, except that the corn used is yellow in color." The current AAFCO definition for Ground Corn is:"the entire ear of corn ground, without husks, with no greater portion of cob than occurs in the ear corn in its natural state." We would prefer that Corn not be used in the first five ingredients and have at least a couple sources of meat protein listed before it.

    Ground Barley: Ground Barley is a decent quality grain. Ground Barley is an excellent source of fiber and studies show that whole grain barley can lower cholesterol. For dogs suffering from allergies, Ground Barley is an excellent grain source.

    Rice Bran: Rice Bran is a by-product of Rice. Although Rice Bran doesn't offer the Nutrition Value Rice does, its not considered to be a bad ingredient. The current AAFCO definition for Rice Bran is the following:” the pericarp or bran layer and germ of the rice, with only such quantity of hull fragments, chipped, broken, or brewer's rice, and calcium carbonate as is unavoidable in the regular milling of edible rice."

    Corn Gluten Meal: This ingredient is mainly used to “hold” the food together. Corn Gluten is a cheap, low quality ingredient. Basically anything left over during the human processing falls into this ingredient. The current aafco definition of Corn Gluten is:” The dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.”

    Crude Protein28%

    Crude Fat12%

    Crude Fiber (max)4%

    Moisture (max)10%

    Calcium1.65%

    Phosphorus1.0%

    Copper20 mg/kg

    Manganese70 mg/kg

    Zinc180 mg/kg

    Vitamin A11,000 IU/kg

    Vitamin E220 IU/kg

    Taurine*0.03%

    Omega-3 Fatty Acids*0.22%

    Omega-6 Fatty Acids*2.5%

    Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food Consumer Ratings

    Don't want to take our word on it? Have you (or your dog) tried Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food. If so please give us your thoughts on Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food. Below we have a couple of categories we believe are important to consumers. Please take the time and rate Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food.

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    Rating: 6.2/10 (3 votes cast)
    Blue Seal Puppy Dog Food, 6.3 out of 10 based on 3 ratings

    Rating (out of 10)

    Overall Ingredients


    This value take a look at the overall ingredients of the recipe.
    		 3

    First Five Ingredeints


    This value evaluates the first five ingredients only.
    		 3

    Protein Content


    This value evaluates the amount of protein.
    		 3

    Grain Content


    This value evaluates the amount of grains. 10 = No Grains.
    		 3

    Total

    		 3



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