Filed under: Flint River Ranch super premium pet foods
Flint River Ranch’s oven-baked foods are much denser than kibble that has been extruded. Each kibble is so tightly packed with highly digestible nutrients that you will feed about 25% less than a different kibble.
For instance, on a regular kibble from the store, my two large dogs were eating 4 cups a day each. On Flint River Ranch, they only need 2 1/2 cups a day each. That’s it! 1 1/2 cups less per day than the old kibble, saving me a lot of money. And this is not starving them, they are very satisfied because the food is very filling.
Even if you are feeding a cheap commercial kibble you can save money feeding Flint River. Flint River does ask that you reduce the amount when switching to their food as they do not want your pets to become overweight.
Astonishingly, compared with what I was feeding before I discovered Flint River (a high quality extruded kibble from the store), I’m saving over a hundred dollars a month. No joke.
You can’t get it in the pet store, but, you don’t pay extra for shipping. And, it usually arrives in 2-3 business days. Click the link at the top left to order or find out more. Leave a comment to ask about free samples.
Filed under: Formulas of FRR dog foods
Flint River Ranch original kibble is formulated for puppies and adults. It does contain whole wheat flour and ground wheat. Wheat is highly digestible and very nutritious, but some dogs are allergic to it.
This food has four different types of protein including lamb meal, chicken meal, fish meal, and dried egg. It includes dried kelp, one of the healthiest plants on earth. It has naturally chelated minerals, 25 vitamins and chloryphill.
This food comes in the regular nugget, or in their famous “broken cookie” kibble. It looks like a bunch of biscuits broken up and dogs love it. (But it’s not as many calories as biscuits)
Filed under: Formulas of FRR dog foods
This formula is also formulated for dogs with food-sensitive allergies. Lamb is a super healthy red meat for dogs. Millet is one of the best grains around. They also use ground whole rice as well as the rice bran. Using different components of one grain is the best way to do it. This food has garlic in it which is packed with nutrients and a good flea buster.
You can view the full list of ingredients on the Flint River Ranch website. There’s a link on the side of this page.
Filed under: Formulas of FRR dog foods
Flint River Ranch’s Fish ‘n’ Chips dry dog food formula is nutritionally balanced for all life stages. This means that it has enough protein and carbohydrates for puppies and seniors.
Fish is the absolute best thing that you can do for a dog’s skin and coat. It’s packed with omega-3 fatty acids and is the leanest meat. This formula is also perfect for dogs with allergies. It has no wheat, chicken, or beef. Bucket used to have severe hot spots and we couldn’t figure out why. When I learned about how dogs can have skin allergies, I put him on this food, and the hot spots disappeared.
This formula uses three types of fish. Trout as the number one ingredient, herring, and menhaden.
A few of the other ingredients include oatmeal, oat gran and oats which are great for sensitive stomachs being gluten-free and highly digestible.
Alfalfa meal is a good carbohydrate that aids in digestion and cleanses the circulatory system.
Grape seed oil is said to be the most powerful antioxidant source known to man. It can protect cells from damage and promote good circulation.
Blueberries and cranberries are important super foods. High in cancer fighting vitamins in minerals, and known to help prevent or fight infection.
Potato of course is a good carb that is high in potassium.
Dogs love the taste of sweet potato and it is also high in vitamins, minerals, calcium and fiber.
Filed under: Flint River Ranch super premium pet foods
Flint River Ranch twice oven bakes all of their dry dog foods and treats. This is done under carefully controlled conditions. If a product doesn’t meat the standards, it is destroyed. Although it is more expensive than the regular extrusion process, the finished product will be more pallatable, more digestible, and overall more natural and healthful. Because of this, they do not need to spray on flavorings, fats, or unnatural vitamins on the outside of the kibble.
Also, they do not need to add chemical preservatives such as BHA or BHT or Ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is suspected of causing cancer. BHA and BHT are known to cause liver and kidney disfunction. They use vitamin E, or tocopherols as a natural preservative that works for up to a year with oven-baking process.
Tocopherols is also a great antioxidant. Antioxidants slow the oxidation of other vitamins in the food. So, while this natural preservative works for 12 months, the food itself is baked and sent to a customer within one month.
Oven-baking takes hard to digest starches (such as those in potato) and turns them into dextrins, which are immediately absorbed into the animal’s system. Baking acts as a “pre-digest” which makes the nutrients more readily usable to the animal’s digestive system.
The cat food is extruded and then oven baked once, because the higher meat and fat content is extremely difficult to bake completely. Also, the shape of the kibble is very important to a cat and the pointy-edged shape can only be obtained through extrusion. Still, there is nothing sprayed on the outside and no chemical preservatives. It has proven to be extremely desirable even for the pickiest cats.
Overall, the oven-baking process has proven to be the highest quality of making dry pet foods. It creates the most highly digestible and most pallatable of any dry food on the market. I greatly appreciate that Flint River Ranch does not decide to take the cheaper route, but goes for quality because that’s what they believe in.
