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This popular name-brand food boasts of being limited ingredient. However, it has 40 different items listed on the ingredients label, compared to Canine Caviar's 31. What significance are the additional 9 ingredients?

Ingredients:

Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Chickpeas, Dried Potatoes, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Lentils, Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols) Canola Oil, Potato Protein, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavors, Salt, Choline Chloride, Whole Flaxseed, DL-Methionine, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Taurine, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C),Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract.

The first ingredient in this prescription diet recommended for dogs with skin and food sensitivities is corn starch, not a meat or even another protein.

According to Nutritionist and expert, Claire Davies, "There is one basic rule of thumb when looking at the ingredients list for any food, whether for human consumption or for dogs. By federal law, the most plentiful ingredient must be listed first, the second most plentiful ingredient listed second, and so on."

Ingredients:

Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Chicken Liver, Powdered Cellulose, Soybean Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Glyceryl Monostearate, Choline Chloride, Iodized Salt, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), DL-Methionine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, Beta-Carotene

The first ingredient is not a protein. With brewer's rice, chicken BY-PRODUCT meal, wheat, barley, and a list of unpronounceable other additives, this well-known prescription diet is labeled for dogs with certain gastrointestinal issues.

Ingredients:

Brewers rice, chicken by-product meal, wheat, barley, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, chicken fat, salt, fish oil, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, psyllium seed husk, sodium silico aluminate, fructooligosaccharide, hydrolyzed yeast, taurine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of Vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), biotin, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), niacin supplement, folic acid, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], DL-methionine, choline chloride, L-lysine, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate], rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid.