just to clarify (and to practice my typing, lol), here is the ingredient list from the bag of nutriphase i have:
sun-cured alfalfa meal, dehulled soybean meal, ground oats, ground wheat, ground corn, wheat middlings, dried beet pulp, lignin sulfonate, dicalcium phosphate, soy oil, dried cane molasses, wheat germ meal, salt, DL-methionine, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate, dextrose, choline chloride, L-lysine, sodium selenite, anise oil, riboflavin supplement, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, vitamin b12 supplement, ferrous sulfate, yucca schidigera extract, biotin, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), citric acid, rosemary extract, copper sulfate, niacin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), vitamin e supplement, vitamin a supplement, calcium pantothenate, cholecalciferol (source of vitamin d3), thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, calcium iodate, colbat carbonate, folic acid.
guaranteed analysis:
crude protein (min) 18.0%
crude fat (min) 3.0%
crude fiber (max) 17.0%
moisture (max) 12.0%
here is oxbow, copied directly from petsmart.com:
Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Limestone, Salt, L-ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Cane Molasses, Yeast Culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement (tocopherol), Ascorbic Acid, Colloidal Silica, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Riboflavin, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, Thiamine, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Pyrodoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Magnesium Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Manganese Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Mineral Oil, Calcium Iodate, Potassium Chloride.
Guaranteed Analysis:
* Crude Protein (min) 16.0%
* Crude Fat (min) 2.5%
* Crude Fiber (min) 18.0%
* Crude Fiber (max) 23.0%
* Moisture (max) 10.0%
* Calcium (min) 0.75%; (max) 1.25%
* Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
* Salt (min) 0.5%; (max) 1.0%
* Vitamin A - 20,000 IU/kg
* Vitamin D - 880 IU/kg
* Vitamin E - 140 IU/kg
* Copper - 10 mg/kg
here is mazuri, also copied from petsmart:
Ingredients: Dehydrated alfalfa meal, dehulled soybean meal, wheat middlings, ground oats, wheat germ, ground soybean hulls, dried beet pulp, cane molasses, soybean oil, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, dried whey, salt, DL-methionine, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate, Vitamin A acetate, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, choline chloride, magnesium oxide, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (natural source vitamin E), calcium pantothenate, zinc oxide, nicotinic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), riboflavin, dried streptococcus faecium fermentation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus ferment product, yeast culture, dried aspergillus niger fermentation extract, dried trichoderma virdie fermentation extract, manganous oxide, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, dried saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite.
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein (min.) 20.0%, Crude Fat (min.) 3.0%, Crude Fiber (max.) 18.0%, Ash (max.) 9.0%.
the only thing i don't like about the nutriphase is that it contains corn and dextrose (which can easily be hidden in other ingredients and not listed in the other foods), but a majority of the ingredients are on par with mazuri and oxbow. mazuri does contain a number of 'fermentation' ingredients that nutriphase and oxbow do not (could explain the soft poop some people experience with chins on mazuri?). and salt is listed much lower in the list on nutriphase than on oxbow!
everyone, i'd like your thoughts on the comparison of the three foods i've listed above.
