Are there some impartial pet food comparison websites I can trust?

Question

I am trying to get very good dry food for my dog (Shih Tzu) and cat(domestic short hair). I tumbled into some websites but all seem to be sponsored by manufacturers. Currently I feed my dog and cat Bluebuff. The ingredients "on the package" are good but the customer service is very bad. I got some that has sticks going through the kibbles and I tried to contact them. Never received any replies and then I found out that they only have a po box address. I don't want to buy food from a manufacturer like this. They can put whatever ingredients they want but its the bigger companies that can't lie because of potential law suits. So now I am looking for another brand to switch to.

Answer 1

I haven't found one yet.

www.dogfoodananalysis.com is not a bad place to start.  But it has some biases that I think don't make it completely reliable.  For example, some of its top rated foods (Orijen for example) are far too high in protein for many dogs, unless they are working dogs that expend a lot of energy every day.  these foods made my dogs quite sick with intestinal upsets.  I settled with California Natural which is a high quality food made by a good company with a good reputation, but is lower in protein and does not make my dogs sick as the higher protein foods do.  It's not rated as high, but I think there is some bias to the site, so just take the information as a basic guide and go from there.

Avoid foods with soy, wheat, corn, byproducts and additives and preservatives, don't buy anything from a grocery store and you'll be off to a good start.  Find a good small pet store (that does not sell dogs or cats) and ask lots of questions about the products relative to your dog's health, age, general condition and lifestyle.

Answer 2

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/  I like this site for dog food, sorry, don't know one for cat food, but a lot of the dog food manufacturers make comparable cat versions.  The foods rated between 4 and 6 stars are all high quality.  Good luck!