Comments on: Good Housekeeping Recognizes Iams And Eukanuba With Good Housekeeping Seal

By: Vivyan

Vivyan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:22:22 +0000

Denise said: “Pedigree is made by menu foods though”…..Pedigree is made by MARS, Inc. Not Menu foods. If you can google all the other information, couldn’t you have googled to find out who makes Pedigree and it’s also listed on the cans. Not that I would feed it but do your research before you just start speculating on who makes what foods. Do you know that Old Mother Hubbard is the Parent company of Wellness. That Diamond also makes Taste of the Wild and Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul in Missouri.
MARS, Inc is the parent company of Nutro Products, Inc. as well. People get all freaked out but it’s the Parent company that has the money to help out with buying the ingredients that go into the finished product. For MARS, Inc. The Nutro line happens to be their high end product (no corn, no by-products, no bht/bha, no dyes), because they already have a list of grocery brands that contain all the crummy stuff. 2009

By: DexKnows

DexKnows — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:30:04 +0000

Good point,Lindz.Iams has addressed the problem and reformulated their foods.I dont think there is any cause for concern in feeding Iams to your pet.True,there are a few ingredients that could be better,and I prefer a different order of ingredients on the label.But I would still consider the food satisfactory,certainly better than pedigree and others.I am currently using Iams healthy naturals.So far,the dog likes it and he has not thrown up or become ill.

By: Lindz

Lindz — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:13:12 +0000

Who cares about a seal? There’s a lot of good dog food brands out there to choose from and frankly I am getting tired of everyone trashing Eukanuba and Iams. First of all, what gives an organization like PETA any credibility to pass judgements? This is the same organization that goes around college campuses demanding everyone become a vegan. RIDICULOUS!
Secondly, I have seen a lot of articles on the internet bashing corn and by-products as ingredients in pet foods. However, unless your pet has an allergy to corn, how is corn any worse or ‘less natural” for a dog or cat to eat than rice, barely, sorghum, oats, potatoes etc.? As for the chicken by-products, Iams/Eukanuba clearly state that their chicken by-products include clean, USDA inspected, gizzards and internal organs. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that as an ingredient in pet foods. Not only do wild predators eat these so called “by-products” but many PEOPLE also consume them. Iams/Eukanuba also includes whole chicken or lamb as the #1 ingredient in almost all of their formulas now, so by-products are not the only source of animal protein in their foods. Iams/Eukanubas also avoids the use of cancer causing preservative agents and the vitamin K menadione complex, which is more than most commercial pet foods do.
Of course there are a ton of great quality pet foods out there now a days, with advances in pet nutrition being made every day. However, pet owners need to find what works best for their pet. Also, I strongly suggest that no one falls victim to being suckered into paying $20 for a 5lb. bag of so called “natural” or “holistic” kibble. There is no set legal definition for these terms and the vast majority of these kibbles, while they may be “corn free”, are still filled with various types of grains.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:14:35 +0000

I think Pedigree is made by menu foods though. I am not sur about trader joes’ try googleing. I just googled trader joes pet food and came out with some stuff you should read. a lady was feeding it to her dog and called the company by phone and they denined that menu food was the manufacture. her freind told her that she heard different and then she demanded to know. They sent her back information that they were recalling the food that had been made by menu foods. Pedigree is a menu food also at least I am 90% sure. I would get my babys off that food asap. do your homework and see what you can find. Inova, breeders choice are the ones that the pet store owner where I shop feeds her dogs. I use eagle pack hollistic on my pup the canned chicken and I cook 1/2 of her food. Eagle pack or Breeders choice and Inova can not be found in a grocery store or big box store. you can go on their web sites by googleing them or call them. You can put in your zip code on their web sites and it will tell you where to purchase them. you can call some smaller specialty pet stores they will have it. I will never use a food that was purchased in the grocery store not now. I just found out Eagle pack got bought out so I am watching them closly. take care Denise

By: kaefamily

kaefamily — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:21 +0000

Thanks goodness we don’t subscribe to any of those publications! Internet news is our friend :-)

How come I don’t hear anything about Pedigee and Trader Joe’s brand of pet food? Where can I get info on those two companies?

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:22:48 +0000

So, Good Housekeeping has reached such lows, that it now endorses companies that do inhumane testing on animals and produces food that kills our pets? Well, good-bye Good Housekeeping, hope your company can survive without pet owners.

By: sylvia

sylvia — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:17:38 +0000

Thanks for the email address 5CatMom. I sent my email stating how disappointed I am with that endorsement and telling Hearst I never buy Iams or Eukanuba and will now add the magazine to my” never buy it” list. Really don’t buy it often but have once in a while. Another sad case of money can buy anything including reputations.

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:05:54 +0000

GOODHOUSEKEEPING 300 WEST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR NEW YORK 10019 I AM GOING TO WRITE A LETTER RIGHT NOW. OH CUSTOMER SERVICE/EDITOR. THANKS EVERYONE DENISE

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:42:11 +0000

VELVETS DAD can you post the phone number or address for Good houskeepg? we need to contact and prostest those magazines someone posted and contact them. I am looking for an e-mail and I feed my other pup Mufifn Iams and she is gone now Lymphoma cancer at 7 years old. not blaming the food but who knows. it is loaded with the worst ingredients. My missy will never eat a food that was produced by menu food. I think some of the Iams Eucunaba was made by menu foods. this makes me sick that they would endorse this junk. they got so big they bought there wheat and glutens from china. last time I heard this is a filler rice and wheat glutens and nothing more. it is not good for our dogs and cats and other pets. I don’t trust the goverment now at all with our food. take care everyone and contact Good housekeeping. Denise

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:33:24 +0000

The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval obviously means nothing and can be bought. I will never buy or read another Hearst publication for the rest of my life. Hope the rest of their clients get the message.

By: Peace2us

Peace2us — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:12:35 +0000

CONT:

Here’s the ingredient label for Iams Large Breed Puppy food (taken directly from the Iams website:

Ingredients
Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Corn Grits, Brewers Rice, Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Fish Meal, Chicken Flavor, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Caramel, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), DL-Methionine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Rosemary Extract.
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Even absent the pet food recall and Iam’s testing on animals, you can see it is not quality nutrition. Look at all the grain fillers and by-product in the first line.

Good Housekeeping, you should be ashamed.

By: Peace2us

Peace2us — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:05:42 +0000

CON’T:

Here are some foods that have already been scored.

Dog Food scores:
Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+
Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F
Canidae / Score 112 A+
Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+
Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A
Van Patten’s Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+
Van Patten’s Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+
Foundations / Score 106 A+
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 B
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D
Innova Dog / Score 114 A+
Innova Evo / Score 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F
ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+
Purina Beneful / Score 17 F
Purina Dog / Score 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F
Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F
Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A

IAMs scored a “D”

By: Peace2us

Peace2us — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:02:18 +0000

Iam’s and Eukanuba promote healthy pet nutrition??? Let’s see for ourselves:
THE SCORING METHOD FOR DOG FOOD:
How to grade your dog’s food: Start with a grade of 100:
1) For every listing of “by-product” , subtract 10 points
2) For every non-specific animal source (”meat” or “poultry”, meat, meal
or
fat) reference, subtract 10 points
3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4) For every grain “mill run” or non-specific grain source, subtract 5
points
5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first
five
ingredients (I.e. “ground brown rice”, “brewers rice”, “rice flour” are
all
the same grain), subtract 5 points
6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2
meats
in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8 ) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3points
9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points
10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2
points
11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is
allergic
to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog is not allergic
to
wheat), subtract 2 points
14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog is not allergic
to
beef), subtract 1 point
15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point

Extra Credit:
1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add
5
points
3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3
points
7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2
points
8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the
first one; count “chicken” and “chicken meal” as only one protein
source, but “chicken” and “” as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are
pesticide-free, add 1 point

Score:
94-100+ = A 86-93 = B 78-85 = C 70-77 = D 69 and below = F

By: Robert Davis

Robert Davis — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:31:51 +0000

I was going to make a comment…..but I will let my eyes roll to the back of my head and speak for me…. “the power of marketing!”

By: judi

judi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:48:16 +0000

The Seal of Approval Can Be Bought
.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f.....A963958260

In print advertisements beginning today, Good Housekeeping, published by the Hearst Corporation, asserts that it is “the magazine America trusts” by promoting the Good Housekeeping Institute, the testing center founded in 1900, and the Good Housekeeping seal, awarded to advertisers whose products meet the institute’s standards.

For instance, last month the Procter & Gamble Company, the nation’s largest advertiser, named Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in New York, a unit of Cordiant P.L.C., to handle media planning as well as media buying for all women’s magazines. Previously, the various agencies handling P.& G.’s brands planned where to allocate print advertising dollars.

I will never purchase anything with Good Housekeeping’s Gold Seal Of Approval again. It means nothing - It means it was bought!