Common Pet food (parrots included) ingredients

[TinyTimneh]

Hey all,

 

Found this article while browsing. Thought it might be interesting for some of you to look at.

 

http://www.featheredfamily.com/foodaditives.htm

 

I've also included three of the bigger brands of parrot food people use in my area.

 

Zupreem (this specific page is for the avian maintenance fruitblend)

http://www.zupreem.com/pdf/bird/AvianMaintFruit.pdf

 

Hagen (usually sold under Tropican, Tropimix or Premium) http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/birds/addinfo/tropican.cfm

http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/birds/addinfo/tropimix.cfm

http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/birds/addinfo/livingworld.cfm

 

Harrisons

http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/products/hpc.html

 

Now I've no experience with Harrisons... so I can't judge but I distinctly remember the ingredients not being so fancy on the actual packaging with the Hagen foods and possibly the Zupreem. I'll finally be getting some of that Totally Organics pellets I posted about a while ago so I'll be sure to tell you all how the fids took to them.

[Talon]

WOW! Tiny, thank you for posting that first link. There is some very good information there. Karma coming your way. B)

[Animalspirit]

There was a similar investigation some years ago about the ingedients of several well known brands of parrot-food. Harrisson's came out as the best, being completely organic. I have been feeding Harrisson's HPC for years, but yesterday I visited a parrot asylum where they feed Zupreem. They also sell it, so I bought a pound to try. On the Zupreem website I can't find any ingredients so far, only description of the fruity flavor and coloring. Does anyone know about the Zupreem ingredients? My parrots like it, and it's only half the price of Harrisson's. The parrots in the asylum seemed healthy, their feathers shiny and beautiful.