Is Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food Good?
Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 2 stars rating — accounts for 5% of all the pet food we review.
They seem to have a certain level of carbs, and contain ingredients we concern. We do not recommend this pet food.
What We like
- No Plant Protein in Top Ingredients
What We Concern
- More than 37% Carbs
- Numberous Controversial Ingredients
- Seems No Organic Minerals
- Seems No Probiotics to Aid Digestion
- Contain Potential Allergens like Corn, Soy, Gluten, and Dairy products
- Contain Ingredients that might be Uncertain
「Chief of Food」Fat Hill
Recipes Rating
Recipes could have different ingredients in the same product line. We rate each recipe and list them from higest to lowest ratings.
Recipe and 1st Ingredient
Rating
Grain Free
Red Mills Engage Mother & Puppy
1️⃣Dehydrated Salmon 🍚Carbs：38%Red Mills Engage Chicken
1️⃣Maize 🍚Carbs：47%Red Mills Engage Salmon & Rice
1️⃣Rice 🍚Carbs：48%Red Mills Engage Duck & Rice
1️⃣Rice 🍚Carbs：53%Red Mills Engage Beef
1️⃣Maize 🍚Carbs：59%Tips
Recipes have different ratings. This means they might be designed a bit differently.
Recipe to review
To rate Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food, we will take one representative recipe to evaluate the nutrition, ingredients and meat content of this product line.
We have chosen Red Mills Engage Chicken.
Nutrition Label
Pet food show guaranteed analysis on their labels. It includes moisture and does not reflect the level of carbs — which we prefer lower for dogs and as low as possible for cats.
25%
13%
2.3%
?%
Calculate the dry value (no moisture) on a dry matter basis will help us to estimate the carbs level and other nutrition without water — so we can get a better idea about the ratio.
(We think the ideal nutrition profile would be Protein > Fat > Carbs)
| Nutrition | Our Ideal | Dry Value | Like? |
| Protein | 30% or more | 28% | |
| Fat | 15% or more | 14% | |
| Carbs | Less than 28% | 47% | |
| Fiber | Less than 5% | 2.6% |
Ingredients Overview
12 ingredients are listed on the label. We research their quality to pet and use our best judgement to group them in the proportion of Prefer, Concerned, and Notice ingredients in the bar chart.
Maize
CarbsDehydrated Poultry Meat
Animal ProteinDehulled Oats
CarbsPoultry Fat
FatWhole Linseed
FatBeet Pulp
CarbsFishmeal
Animal ProteinChicken Gravy
Animal ProteinCalcium Carbonate
SupplementSodium Chloride
OthersYeast Extract
Plant Protein ConcentrateChicory Extract
CarbsTips
We find 5 Concerned and 3 Notice ingredients from Red Mills Engage Chicken. Check from the above list to view the details.Concerned
- Maize
- Dehulled Oats
- Beet Pulp
- Sodium Chloride
- Yeast Extract
Notice
- Dehydrated Poultry Meat
- Poultry Fat
- Fishmeal
Estimated Meat Content
Some pet food uses high plant protein ingredients to boost up the overall protein level — to make it looks like it includes a lot of meat, which is more appealing for customers.
Therefore, protein level itself cannot tell the quality and how much animal ingredients (more digestible than plants) is in the pet food.
0 / 7 (0%)
in top 7 ingredients28%
in dry matterBy looking at the plant protein in top ingredients and compare with the total protein level, we will try to estimate how much animal ingredients is used in the pet food as Meat Content.
Meat Content
Based on my "godly" guess, the meat content might be Medium !
It looks like it contains a moderate amount of meat. Your furbabies should still be fine with it.
Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food Product Line Review
To make a conclusion about the whole product line, we will consider all recipes and their average nutrition ratio.
Recipes Average Compares to Ideal Level
In the total of 5 recipes, the group has an average of 27% protein, 14% fat and 49% carbohydrate.
（Protein and Fat: Prefer Higher丨Carbs: Prefer Lower）
- Protein is -3 (%) less than ideal
- Fat is -1 (%) less than ideal
- Carbs is 21 (%) higher than ideal
What does it mean?
Overall,Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food has an carbs level higher than our preferred level.
Conclusion
Throughout the review, we have 3 major opinons about this pet food line:
- Nutrition ratio, mainly the level of carbs raises our attention
- Ingredients might be worth to take a second look
- Medium level of meat content
Based on these, we can conclude Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 2 star rating.
Do we recommend Red Mills Engage Dry Dog Food ?
There are several things make us concerned, so we do not recommend it. If there is a very strong reason for you to choose it, try to mix with other pet food with higher meat to enrich the diet.
The review is entirely our own view and opinon. It is for informational reference only and not a purchase advice.
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