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And don’t say they are both junk. I know they aren’t the best foods out there, I’m doing a comparison for someone who is considering these two brands because they can’t afford the better stuff like Blue Buffalo and such. I’m not giving the brand names yet because I don’t want your decision swayed by that. Here’s the ingredients, which one sounds better to you, if you had to choose between these two ONLY?

#1: Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Corn Grits, Brewers Rice, Natural Chicken Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed), Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Chicken Meal, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), DL-Methionine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Rosemary Extract.

Guaranteed Analysis:

* Crude Protein (min) 26.0%
* Crude Fat (min) 14.0%
* Crude Fiber (max) 5.0%
* Moisture (max) 10.0%
* Docosahexaenoic Acid (min) 0.10%*
* Omega-6 Fatty Acids (min) 2.80%*
* Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min) 0.28%*

#2: Ingredients: Chicken (natural source of glucosamine), brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal (natural source of glucosamine), whole grain wheat, whole grain corn, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), pea fiber, non-fat yogurt, fish meal, animal digest, egg product, fish oil (source of DHA), dicalcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, calcium carbonate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite.

Guaranteed analysis:

* Crude Protein (Min) 28.0%
* Crude Fat (Min) 13.0%
* Crude Fiber (Max) 6.0%
* Moisture (Max) 12.0%
* Linoleic Acid (Min) 1.6%
* Calcium (CA) (Min) 1.1%
* Phosphorus (P) (Min) 0.8%
* Selenium (SE) (Min) 0.30mg/kg
* Vitamin A (Min) 15,000 IU/kg
* Vitamin E (Min) 100 IU/kg
* Docosahexaenoic Acid* (DHA) (Min) 0.05%
* Glucosamine* (Min) 400ppm

Thanks!
I should add, they are both large breed puppy formula dry foods.