diet

Here's the recently revised kibble rating chart, as created by Fredalina:

You will need your kibble's list of ingredients, as found on the bag (or oftentimes their website).
Please note, however, this is for ingredients ONLY.... so before feeding a pup be sure to look at
the protein and fat and calcium and calories in the Guaranteed Analysis.

Start with a grade of 100:

For every listing of "by-product", subtract 15 points

For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract
10 points

If there are no specific meats or meat meals, subtract 25 points

For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, or grain "middlings", subtract 10 points

If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 15 points

If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. "ground
brown rice", "brewer’s rice", "rice flour" are all the same grain), subtract 5 points for each
occurrence

If the protein sources are not (specific) meat meal and there are less than 2 meats in the top 3
ingredients, subtract 3 points

If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 5 points

If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points (subtract 5 if corn is listed in the
top 5 ingredients)

If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 3 points

If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources),
subtract 2 points

If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 5 points

If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn’t allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points

If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn’t allergic to beef), subtract 1 point

If it contains salt, subtract 3 points

If it contains corn syrup, molasses, or other added sweetener, subtract 10 points

Extra Credit:

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 "turkey" as 2 different sources - do
not count egg, cheese, or other similar ingredients), add 1 point

If the food contains 3 or less different mentions of grains (or other high-carb plant-based foods
like potatoes), add 5 points

If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points (if the number 1 ingredient is organic meat,
add 10 points)

If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 3 points

If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points

If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points

If the food contains fruit or vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points

If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free, add 1 point

If the food contains barley or oats or oatmeal, add 1 point

If it contains sunflower, hemp, flaxseed, or other polyunsaturated vegetable oils, add 3 points
(add 5 if it is the #1 fat)

If the vitamin and mineral sources are chelated, add 5 points

94-100+ = A

86-93 = B

78-85 = C

70-77 = D

<70 = F

A's                            Score
A+ Chicken Soup for the pet lovers soul                  113
A+ Eagle Pack Holistic chicken                                 114
A+ Eagle Pack Holistic LG and Giant Breed Adlt        113
A+ Eagle Pack Natural                                                104
A+ Timberwolf Organics Lamb and Venison              136
A+ Solid Gold Bison                                                  123
A+ Solid Gold Wolf King                                             109
A+ Solid Gold Hund N flocken                                    105
A+ Solid Gold Mmillennia                                           111
A+ Innova                                                                  117
A+ Natural Balance Duck and Potato                        114
A+ Canidae                                                                119
A+ Foundations Chicken and Vegetable                    109
A+ Flint River Ranch Fish and Chips                         109
A+ Wysong Synorgon                                               110
A+ Flint River Ranch Lamb, Millet and Rice              117
A+ Back to Basics                                                    107

B's
B Eukanuba Natural Lamb and Rice                          87

C's
C Nutro Lamb and Rice                                             85

D's
D Iams Lamb and Rice                                               74

F's
F Pedigree Adult Complete                                       14
F Ol'Roy                                                                     9
F Science Diet Chicken Adult Maintainance              45
F Purina Beniful original                                           23
All Purina and Pro Plan foods rate as a F
F Pro Plan Giant Breed Adult                                    41
F Pro Plan Performance                                            53
F Pro Plan Chicken and Rice
F Purina Dog chow
F Purina Large Breed                                                40
F Diamond Lamb and Rice                                        61
F Diamond Performance (formerly professional)
F Diamond Large Breed                                            55