Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to dump cheap leftovers in. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot. Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets. Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption. Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy. Examples of high quality foods to look for: Blue Buffalo, Innova, California Natural, Wellness, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Nature's Variety Prairie, Artemis Fresh Mix, Eagle Pack.  READ MORE   Below are listed some of the major kibbles.  Those highlighted in green are the highest quality, human grade food with no inferior sources of nutrition.  The remaining foods are not human grade and they contain inferior sources of nutrition among their top 5 ingredients as denoted in red.   Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!  In addition, high quality food translates to better dog health and fewer vet bills!  Now who can argue with that?!

Name of FOOD	Human Grade?	TOP 5 INGREDIENTS
Blue Buffalo YES Deboned chicken Chicken Meal Brown Rice Barley Oatmeal Best In Show	YES	Chicken Chicken Meal Barley Brown Rice Millet
Blue Buffalo YES Deboned chicken Chicken Meal Brown Rice Barley Oatmeal Blue Buffalo	YES	Deboned chicken Chicken Meal Brown Rice Barley Oatmeal
California Natural	YES	Lamb Meal Ground Brown Rice Ground Rice Sunflower Oil
Diamond Premium	NO	Lamb Meal Brewers Rice* Brown Rice Rice Flour* Turkey By-Product Meal*
Eagle Natural Pack	NO	Lamb Meal Ground Brown Rice Ground Yellow Corn* Ground Whole Wheat Chicken Meal
Eukanuba Adult	NO	Chicken Chicken by-product meal* Rice flour* Ground corn* Ground grain sorghum*
Flint River Ranch	YES	Chicken Meal Wheat Flour Ground Rice Lamb Meal Poultry Fat
IAMS Chunks	NO	Chicken By-Product Meal* Ground Corn* Rice Flour* Ground grain sorghum Animal Fat*
Innova	YES	Turkey Chicken Chicken Meal Ground Brown Rice Whole Steamed Potatoes
Natural Life Lamb & Rice	NO	Lamb Meal Whole Brown Rice Ground Grain Sorghum* Oatmeal Poultry Fat
Nature's Recipe Lamb & Rice	NO	Ground Whole Wheat Lamb Meal Ground Rice Wheat Bran Animal Fat*
Nutra Nuggets Lamb and Rice	NO	Lamb Meal Brewers Rice*     Brown Rice Rice Flour* Turkey By-Product Meal*
Nutro's Lamb Meal & Rice	NO	Lamb Meal Ground rice Rice Bran* Rice Flour* Sunflower Oil
Purina Dog Chow	NO	Ground yellow corn*  Chicken by-product meal* Corn gluten meal* Soybean meal  Beef tallow*
Science Diet Canine Maintenance	NO	Corn* Poultry By-Product Meal* Soybean Meal* Animal Fat* Natural Flavors BHA, PPG, Citric Acid
ProPlan Natural	NO	Turkey Barley Corn* Corn Gluten Meal* Animal Fat*
Purina Dog Chow	NO	Ground yellow corn*                      Chicken by-product meal* Corn gluten meal* Soybean mea Beef tallow*
Science Diet Canine Maintenance	NO	Corn* Poultry By-Product Meal* Soybean Meal* Animal Fat* Natural Flavors BHA, PPG, Citric Acid
Solid Gold	YES	USDA Lamb Meal Whole Ground Millet Ground Brown Rice Whole Ground Barley Amaranth
Wysong	YES	Chicken Ground Whole Corn Grain* Ground Whole Wheat Grain Ground Whole Brown Rice Ground Extruded Whole Soybeans*