Purina Carvers ~ Roasted Chicken Slices of Goodness For Your Dog
Written: Apr 19 '09
Product Rating:
Pros: 38% protein; 80% real chicken, no by-products, no added color or flavors
Cons: Possible use of both natural and synthetic preservatives
The Bottom Line: Dogs will love this snack that is made to look like carved slices of roasted chicken. This high protein snack is a good choice for your pet.
JDinPA's Full Review: Purina Carvers with Real Chicken Roasted Slices Tr...
Purina has come out with a line of Carvers which are roasted slices of chicken or beef for your dog. The bags for both are designed to look like the contain upscale, high quality real food for your pet - the colors are on the brown and golden scale and they both depict either a large roaster chicken being sliced by hand, or a large beef roast.
Many times, companies will put pictures of real people food on the front of the bag to entice you in, however when you read the ingredients list you may not find any real meat until you are far down on the list. With Purina Carvers, Real Chicken Roasted Slices For Dogs, there is over 80% of real chicken used in the process, and chicken is the 1st ingredient on the list. Soy flour is the 2nd ingredient and with these two ingredients the protein content is quite high - at 38%.
There are no artificial colors or flavors used, and there are no by-products used either. I wish they had continued the trend and not used any preservatives, but along with some natural ones they did use a chemical one - While the chemical tocopherols can be a natural and organic, the ingredient list states they used mixed-tocopherols; since they did not proudly proclaim that they use only natural preservatives, I must think that they used both a natural and synthetic mix. Not a big deal unless you are going all natural and organic for your pet - then you need to know!
The Purina Real Chicken Roasted Slices are shaped like 4-5 inch sized slices of chicken. They are rounded and oblong with one end wider than the other - like you might find when you actually carve a slice off of a roaster chicken. The color is all pretty much a golden light tan, adding to the look. Of course, these slices are hard, but flexible, and moist feeling, but not juicy, so they are made for dog chewing and not for ruining your furniture or rug. They are on the slightly thick side, but with some effort you can break them up into smaller pieces if you have a small dog. I have Jack Russell's and they handle the size just fine.
I must say, my bag did not last that long as my dogs really loved them. They'd leap up to get this snack and then run off to devour it. I would buy this again, and next time try out the beef slices one as well. The quality is good and the dogs loved them, so that's always a plus.
The Guaranteed Analysis of Purina Carvers is: Crude Protein @ 38.0% minimum Crude Fat @ 4.0% minimum Crude Fiber @ 3.0% maximum Moisture @ 28.0% maximum
Purina Real Chicken Roasted Slices are distributed by Nestle Purina PetCare Company, St Louis, Missouri, 63164, U.S.A.; If you have questions or comments you can call 1-800-7Purina (M-F 9-4 CT) or check out their website at Purina.com.
This is a great high protein snack for your dog that they will surely enjoy. The ingredient list is short and you can see that there are no added fillers and by-products used.
Next time you are in the dog food aisle, check out Purina Carvers!
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