2012 Whole Dog Journal Food List

[Smart_Family]

I just got my new issue of Whole Dog Journal and in it is the 2012 food list. I don't want them to come after me for posting the whole list, but if someone wanted to know if their food was on the list they could ask here or PM me and hopefully that won't have them coming after me haha.The Whole Dog Journal is very particular about what foods meet their requirements as good foods, that being said though these foods on this list are all excellent but might not be totally appropriate for giant breed dogs/pups.

 

[bullyBug]

Just to add to your post:

WDJ’s Selection Criteria for DRY Food

• We look for foods that contain a lot of high-quality animal proteins. Ingredients are listed by weight, so ideally a food will have one or two animal proteins in the first few ingredients.
Understand that whole meat (chicken, beef, lamb, etc.) contains a lot of water weight. If a food list starts out with chicken (rather than chicken meal), and there is no other animal protein listed until 7th or 8th on the list, the food does not actually contain a lot of animal protein. But if it starts out with chicken, and chicken meal (or another named animal meal, such as lamb meal) is number two or three on the list, chances are the product contains an admirable amount of animal protein.
• We reject any food containing meat by-products or poultry by-products.

• We reject foods containing fat or protein not identified by species. “Animal fat” is a euphemism for a low-quality, low-priced mix of fats of uncertain origin. “Meat meal” could be practically anything.

• We look for whole grains and vegetables. That said, some grains and vegetables have valuable constituents that accomplish specific tasks in a dog food formula. We don’t get too excited about one vegetable fragment and one grain byproduct on the ingredients panel. Our tolerance diminishes in direct proportion to the number of fragments and by-products contained in a food and the prominence on a label; the more there are, and/or the higher they appear on the ingredients list, the lower-quality the food.

• We eliminate all foods with artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives listed on their ingredients panels.

• We eliminate all foods with added sweeteners. Dogs, like people, enjoy sweet foods. Like people, they can develop a taste for these nutritionally empty calories.

• We look for products containing organic ingredients. That’s a no-brainer.

In the past they also took company transparency into consideration. Not sure if they still do.

The 2010 list is available here: http://dogdish.ning.com/profiles/blogs/whole-dog-journal-2010

The 2011 list is also posted around the net.

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[LadyDogLover]

I'm inclined to agree, some of the foods have too much protein for giant breeds. I was perusing my
issue earlier today. Has anyone tried a pre-mix?

 

[cjbjrb]

Has earthborn made the list?

 

[Smart_Family]

Has earthborn made the list?

Yes it has