TYLER23 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Ok, we know the same company produces both products, Advance is almost twice the price, but on close inspection there doesn't seem to be much difference in the ingredients. The ingredients are identical except for the following. Optimum: - Chicken by products - Cereal Protein - Wheat - Beef Tallow - Ferrous Sulphate - Selenium - Sugar Beet Pulp - Salt - Sodium Tripolyphosphate - Glucosomine Advance: - Chicken Meal - Chicken Tallow - Maize Gluten - Poultry and Meal - Vegetable Fibre - Barley - Iodised Salt - Iron Sulphate - Sodium Selenite Are any of the extra ingredients in Advance really worth the extra $$ or are any of the extra ingredients in Optimum inferior and should be avoided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalier Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Ok, we know the same company produces both products, Advance is almost twice the price, but on close inspection there doesn't seem to be much difference in the ingredients.The ingredients are identical except for the following. Optimum: - Chicken by products - Cereal Protein - Wheat - Beef Tallow - Ferrous Sulphate - Selenium - Sugar Beet Pulp - Salt - Sodium Tripolyphosphate - Glucosomine Advance: - Chicken Meal - Chicken Tallow - Maize Gluten - Poultry and Meal - Vegetable Fibre - Barley - Iodised Salt - Iron Sulphate - Sodium Selenite Are any of the extra ingredients in Advance really worth the extra $$ or are any of the extra ingredients in Optimum inferior and should be avoided? Chicken meal is a higher quality meat that chicken by-products. Optimum also uses cereal protein as a filler to reduce the amount of meat used in the kibble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYLER23 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Are these two ingredients enough to justify choosing Advance over Optimum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Looking at the ingredients Advance is much better than Optimum..... Not to confuse you more.... but there are much better (in terms of ingredients) foods than Advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYLER23 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yep, i'm aware there are better brands, but price is a factor. Optimum is $78 for 18kg , Advance is $100 for15kg bag, which is starting to push it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 If you want affordable and still good I recommend Uncle Alber's or Great Barko. I think they are much better cheaper than Optimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYLER23 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Why are there no GB or UA distributors in Sydney Metro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poocow Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Why are there no GB or UA distributors in Sydney Metro? Where abouts are you? They sell it at stock feed stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) There are things other than just price to consider. With higher quality kibbles, you don't have to feed as much and you don't end up picking up as much from the back lawn. One of the top three ingredients in Optimum is cereal which is of very little nutritional value to the dog. Cereals are fillers. No point in paying for the cheaper food if much of what you pay for goes straight through the dog. I think "cereal protein" means soy. Soy and wheat are two common allergens to dogs. Personally, I'd avoid foods with wheat. You might find this website useful for evaluating foods. It's American but the same principles apply and some of the same foods are available here. If you want to make a good dog food go further, alternate feeding it with chicken wings or carcasses. It's great for the dog and your pocket. Edited September 18, 2009 by poodlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tansy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yep, i'm aware there are better brands, but price is a factor. Optimum is $78 for 18kg , Advance is $100 for15kg bag, which is starting to push it... With Advance, keep your eye out for 'Bonus' bags where you get 33% extra for no cost. So, the 15kg bag becomes 20kg. Sometimes I find them at Petbarn etc, but couldn't recently so I ordered from http://www.dogfood.com.au Their price for the Advance Adult 15kg bag with bonus 5kg (so 20kg in total) is $97.60. If you order over $130 delivery is free to most places, and they delivered to me in a regional area the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYLER23 Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Why are there no GB or UA distributors in Sydney Metro? Where abouts are you? They sell it at stock feed stores. Sydney - Northern Beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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