Saturday, April 12, 2014

Nutritional Analysis of Huggy Bear's Home Made Dog Food Part 2

Huggy Bear at Waikiki
So let's analyze the nutritional content of Huggy Bear's home made dog food.  I looked up all of the ingredients that are in Huggy's basic food on the USDA web site, which I consider to be a trustworthy source of unbiased information on food.

Of the 22 components listed on the Vitamin Supplement, the home made dog food was short on 9 items, and 2 that were not verifiable (biotin and chromium, which are found in carrots and broccoli but this information is based on sources in which legitimacy cannot be verified), but there were no components missing completely (contains zero of that component) from the home made dog food.

From this conclusion, I've decided to give Huggy Bear half of the vitamin supplement recommended by the vet.

Vitamins and Minerals in Huggy Bear's daily amount of dog food:
Vitamin/Mineral In Huggy's Dog Food Recommended (60 lb Dog) Enough/Not Enough
Calcium, Ca 184.98 mg 150 mg Enough
Iron, Fe 7.2532 mg 0.5 mg Enough
Magnesium, Mg 142.02 mg 10 mg Enough
Potassium, K 1091.8 mg 0.8 mg Enough
Zinc, Zn 11.6322 mg 3 mg Enough
Copper, Cu 0.6438 mg 0.01 mg Enough
Manganese, Mn 0.77072 mg 2 mg Not Enough
Selenium, Se 110.078 µg 10 µg Enough
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 15.34 mg 60 mg Not Enough
Thiamin (Vitamin B-1) 0.34846 mg 10 mg Not Enough
Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) 0.92492 mg 10 mg Not Enough
Niacin (Niacinamide) 28.69892 mg 6 mg Enough
Pantothenic acid 4.46682 mg 10 mg Not Enough
Vitamin B-6 1.72554 mg 10 mg Not Enough
Folate (Folic Acid) 90.76 µg 10 µg Enough
Vitamin B-12 3.954 µg 6 µg Not Enough
Carotene, beta 1803.6 µg 1000 µg Enough
Vitamin A, IU 4132.78 IU 1000 IU Enough
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 1.682 mg 30 mg Not Enough
Vitamin D 45.3 IU 150 IU Not Enough
Biotin* ? µg 6 µg Enough
Chromium** ? µg 10 µg Enough
* Biotin is found in Carrots
** Chromium is found in Broccoli

USDA Nutritional Content Links:
Chicken Thighs
Ground Turkey
Frozen Broccoli, boiled
Frozen Carrots, boiled
Frozen Cauliflower, boiled
Cooked Rice
Sesame Seeds
For Dried Fish, I substituted Sardines
For Nori Seaweed, I substituted Wakame

Links for Biotin and Chromium Information from unverifiable sources:
Biotin
Chromium

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