What is wrong with Ol' Roy dog food?

Question

I asked a question earlier about recalled dog food and I mentioned the we had been feeding our Chihuahua Ol'Roy dry dog food...and several people have said that they would never recommened swithching back to Ol' Roy....Why?

Additional Details

the brsnd is "Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition" in the red bag...

Answer 1

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Because there is no real nutritional value to Ol Roy.
Take a look at the bag. ( hold on, I am looking up the ingredients )

Look at the very first ingredient, let alone the first 4 or 5.. CORN, then soybean meal, then wheat, and corn syrup.. What about that is good? It is preserved with BHA which causes cancer in people and dogs.
There is no reason to even go on.. It's garbage dogfood.. I wouldn't feed it if my dog was hungry and all the dogfood stores were closed... I would be further ahead to take her thru drivethru at Wendy's and get her a burger... Ol Roy itself is recalled all the time because of Salmonella poisoning.. But the crap ingredients speak for themselves.


~Ingredients~
Ground yellow corn, soybean meal, ground whole wheat, corn syrup, poultry fat, Meat and bone meal (Animal Fat Preserved with BHA and Citric Acid), Chicken by-product Meal, Rice, Animal Digest, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin D and E Supplement, Niacin, Copper Sulafate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Meadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex Source of Vitamin K, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid

Answer 2

It's on the recall list for one thing, and it's very poor quality food for another.

Answer 3

Read the label - the quality is extremely poor!

Answer 4

it is mostly made of grain. Dogs cannot digest grain so your dog has to eat more of it to get any nutrition out of it plus it makes them poop more. Try Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul dog food instead!

Answer 5

i heard that some type of fertilizer got into it somehow, ....besides that it's not exactly the best for dogs anyways.

Answer 6

well, if it is on the recall list, then you should not feed it to your dog, becuose there is RAT POISON, in it, and that it not legle in the usa

Answer 7

The ingredients are less than healthy for your dog. You should avoid foods that have ''corn'', ''wheat'', or ''by-products'' at the top of the ingredient list. Your dog shouldn't be fed unknown meat "by-products", and fillers, such as corn.

They need REAL meat, and less fillers.

Answer 8

The company that makes Ol' Roy- Menu foods- Got a shipment of tainted gluten that has killed at least 16 pets, and made more than that ill. So the company is recalling the food, and there was mention in an article I read this morning about them having to set aside money to cover the vet costs for the pets that have had to be treated.

Menu foods has removed the supplier that sent them the tainted gluten, so it probably will be safe to buy Ol' Roy again eventually. But don't be too quick to do so.

Answer 9

Wal-Mart brand has to be made in China also recalled.

Answer 10

As the other people have said, this dog food is on the recall list and the quality is poor. The manufacturer probably was forced to reduce costs to sell to Wally World, and thus found a cheap source of wheat gluten in China to ensure that it would make a small profit. I blame the store just as much as the manufacturer on this recall.

Answer 11

i have no idea why people said that. it was canned food that was recalled. if that is what your dog likes and what you like to get then get it. i feed my dog ol roy dry dog food and she loves it. the DRY DOG FOOD WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST IT WAS THE WET DOG/CAT FOOD.

Answer 12

Okay, here's the ingredients of one type of Ol Roy food:
Pls note the first ingredient is corn. Corn is a common allergen and it can't be digested well by dogs. The next ingredient is "MEAT and bone meal" Whenever any product does not list the type of meat, i.e. "chicken" or "lamb" or "beef" then it could be any kind of "meat". And the bone meal could be from any kind of bone. Also, this is the second ingredient! Almost every ingredient in the food is filler. Filler seems to be the main part of the food. Soy is bad for dogs.
Chicken "by products" can include beeks, feet, feathers
and BHA is a toxic preservative.

Ol' Roy - Puppy

Ingredients:
Ground yellow corn, meat and bone meal, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, wheat middlings, animal fat (preserved with BHA and citric acid), chicken by-product meal, rice, animal digest, salt, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, vitamin E supplement, niacin, copper sulafate, manganous oxide, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, menadione sodium bisulfite (complex source of vitamin K), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, cobalt carbonate, folic acid, sodium selenite

Guaranteed Analysis
Protein: 27%
Fat: 9%
Fiber: 5%
Moisture: 12%

Answer 13

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Source(s):

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

Answer 14

Even before Ol'Roy was on the recall list, I would never feed it to my dogs. It is nothing but fillers and chicken beaks and feet, and total crap. If you are feeding Ol'Roy, just feed your dogs dirt and you will save even more money. Same difference.

Answer 15

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Dear Pet Owner.

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Find your pets food and treats and see if wheat, corn, or by-products are listed in the ingredients.
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Dog foods currently being recalled:
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It's time to stop trusting the well being of your pet to just anyone who makes a pet food. If you are feeding commercially prepared pet foods, you need to listen closely.

Did you know that the FDA does not regulate the pet food industry?
Did you also know that most commercial pet foods are made from less than human quality ingredients.
Did you know that most pet foods bought in the store have been sitting around for as long as 18 months before you buy it?
Did you know that dogs and cats have the genetic potential to live 20 - 25 years but we are robbing those years from their lives with cheap pet foods.
Here are just a few of the procedures that we follow to provide your pet with a safe and nutritious product.

All the products are manufactured in a USDA facility.
All of our ingredients are individually inspected for human quality and carry the APHIS certification (a European standard for human quality ingredients)
Every vendor must supply an 'assurance statement' with each shipment. This statement must provide nutritional quality of ingredient provided AND must state it is free from any mold, bacteria, and so forth.
Dr. Jane has the ingredients tested AGAIN before manufacturing to make sure the quality is as stated AND it meets her standards
The product is tested 3 times during the manufacturing process - to again assure everything is 'as it should be'.
The product is tested again after manufacturing and again when it arrives at the warehouse.
One bag of food is kept at the warehouse - from each batch - to test in case a Customer has a problem or concern with the product. Each 'one bag' from each batch is kept for 1 full year.
The products are shipped directly from HealthyPetNet's warehouse to the Customer - no middleman warehousing (concerns of proper storage and pest control).
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National Field Representative
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Answer 16

If you real the ingredient label on the bag, the first 5 ingredients are what the food is made up of, I can probably guess without even looking at the label, at least two of the five are Corn, Corn Gluten Meal and maybe chicken by product meal or bone meal as its meat base. It is a poor quality food, there are much better foods on the market.

Answer 17

It'd be easier to answer what is right with Ol' Roy dog food.
It seems like you aren't paying as much to feed your dog.
Unfortunately, that's an illusion. Because it is mostly filler, your dog has to eat more of it than it would if you were feeding it a dog food with high quality ingredients. Please do some research on it. Your dog will be healthier and you will actually save money by buying a higher quality food.

Source(s):

http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html