Just trying to do some research and can't seem to find much via google that isn't just manufacturers of potato-based foods saying it is superior to grains/rice on their websites.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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White potato has very little going for it, IMO. True, they are not a grain. But I'm not a fan of a lot of potatoes for dogs either and I would consider their main advantage to be that less quantity is needed as a binder. But that does NOT necessarily mean that less quantity is used, of course.
In many ways, no-grain kibble is a marketing ploy. Kibble requires a starch to become kibble, and when they say "no grains" they are using some other starchy filler.
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Sweet potatoes are only very distantly related to white potatoes.
That's a useful link to a large database of nutritional info on any food you can think of. It'll show you more that you think you want to know about the vitamins, minerals, amino acids and more of everything. A search comparing white rice to boiled potatoes, reveals, for example, that potatoes beat rice in terms of potassium and vitamin C. But rice wins on calcium, iron, and most everything else.
The database includes raw meat and poultry--but unfortunately, since it's intended for human nutrition, doesn't include the nutritional content of raw bones.
But it's a pretty good way to show that corn does not, in fact, compare favorably with chicken in amino acids!
White potato has very little going for it, IMO. True, they are not a grain. But I'm not a fan of a lot of potatoes for dogs either and I would consider their main advantage to be that less quantity is needed as a binder. But that does NOT necessarily mean that less quantity is used, of course.
Thanks, Connie, for your response. Do you have a link to literature on saponins and why they are bad for dogs? Or a book to refer me to? I can't seem to find any research-based stuff, just Abady's information, which seems to be his opinion.
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In many ways, no-grain kibble is a marketing ploy. Kibble requires a starch to become kibble, and when they say "no grains" they are using some other starchy filler.
I figured as much, which is why I was looking for supporting information.
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Sweet potatoes are only very distantly related to white potatoes and are a very different food.
Thanks. I was just lumping them together because they seem to be common ingredients of the grain-free kibbles (and kibble in general, now that I've looked at a variety of ingredient lists).
When I fed only kibble several years ago, I fed California Natural. The ingredients are pretty simple, and it is probably mostly rice, but I wonder how "bad" that food is compared to the high-end grain-frees that contain potatoes instead of rice.
The whole kibble thing makes my head hurt. Once I got the hang of it (lots of reading and coaching from experienced folks!), raw was/is so much easier
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