Purina One Beyond Dog Lamb Barley, 3.50-Pounds

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This stuff is not very highly rated on dogfoodadvisor.com but my dogs seem to like it. I probably won't buy it again as my dogs like other food that is more highly rated.

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I was used to buying an expensive "designer" dog food, but ran out and was shopping at Target. This new product looked interesting so I bought a bag and WOW! My picky dog LOVES it. The old food often sat all day before being eaten. He scarfs One Beyond right down. This is a keeper.

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Purina One Beyond is the top-of-the line when it comes to Purina's dog food product lines and a great middle of the road dog food when you compare to the whole dog food market we usually alternate between the lamb and the chicken to give our dog variety. It is better than the bottom shelf varieties in terms of whole ingredients and less fillers. It is an affordable option if you want a pretty good, relatively healthful dog food without spending a fortune on designer dog foods.

As far as I can tell by comparing the ingredients in Purina One Beyond with lower tier dog foods (specifically I compared Purina One Beyond with Purina One SmartBlend Dog Chicken Rice, 8-Pounds), what sets this dog food apart is that they don't use as many corn and soybean fillers. I have also noticed that many of the cheaper products contain more animal meal (animal meal = crushed up carcass including the bone), and to compensate add "animal digest" to help your pet digest the food, whereas this product and more expensive products contain less animal meal and no animal digest. That suggests that the cheaper products may need this "animal digest" enzyme supplement in their food or else the food won't be very well digested by your pet (probably at least in part due to the animal meal and corn products). Here is the link to see the ingredients in this particular line of dog food:

http://www.purinaone.com/products/dog-food/beyond-lamb-and-whole-barley-recipe#ingredients-and-nutrition

One anecdotal piece of evidence that supports the hypothesis that the lower tier dog foods are less easily digested is that once my husband accidentally bought a cheaper bag of dog food, also from Purina, and our dog was extremely gassy the entire time she was on it. A bit gross, but I point that out because it is certainly evidence that she was not digesting it very well.

Purina claims this product has no fillers, but I guess that depends on what you define as a "filler" brewer's rice, for example, is the second ingredient, ahead of barley which is in the title of the dog food, and has more nutrients. Brewer's rice is the little rice fragments that break off from when they mill rice to make white rice, and they separate out the pretty whole grains of rice from the broken pieces to make a prettier product for human consumption. From the little reading I've done it seems to me it has about the same amount of nutrition as regular white rice, which is less than brown rice, and certainly less than barley. However, I think it still may be better and more easily digestible than corn products.

Overall, great compromise for a relatively healthful dog food if you don't have the budget to spend a fortune feeding your dog! I am mostly comparing this product with cheaper products. On the higher end, there are definitely products that would be even more healthful for your dog but they come with a price tag attached! I have found this to be a great middle of the road option. Unfortunately this is the only particular Purina One Beyond product that is available for free shipping and subscriber discounts on Amazon at the time of this review. We will consider buying this from Amazon if they ever make the larger bags (which are cheaper per pound) subscriber and Amazon Prime eligible. Great option to get this through Amazon though if you don't live near a store that sells this at a reasonable price, or if you don't have room in your apartment to keep tons of dog food around at once.

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My little pom doesn't care for this that much. Still trying to get her to eat it. Maybe she will get used to it.

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After giving my Chihuahua The wet food for morning, she will nibble on this great Purina dry food off and on all day. This Purina One Beyond Dog Lamb Barley and the wet Beneful is a great combination for my dog.