Tag: Dehulled Soybean Meal

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Ecological Labs Koi Legacy High Growth and Energy Fish Food

Ecological Labs Koi Legacy High Growth and Energy Fish Food

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, but Krill Meal further down, so there’s that. And only one split ingredient (wheat). Spirulina and other color enhancers. Probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked. This diet is pretty close to the formulation of the Staple from Microbe Lift.

I prefer more aquacultural protein and less plant sources but that’s biased. I’d feed this diet if it was at a good price, perhaps in larger than one pound containers.

Ingredients

Fish meal, wheat, dehulled soybean meal, corn gluten meal, distillers grains with solubles, wheat middlings, krill meal, fish oil, red iron oxide, dicalcium phosphate, DL-methioninie, beet powder, salt, brewers yeast, spirulina, betafin S1, ascorbic acid (stay-C), astaxanthin, ethoxyquin, bio plus 2B, calcium carbonate, vitamin E, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, D-calcium panothonate, niacin, folic acid, riboflavin, menadione sodium bisulfate complex, biotin, vitamin D3, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, cobalt carbonate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, ferrous sulfate, sodium selenite, vitamin A, mineral oil, vitamin B12

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Microbe Lift Legacy Koi Food Staple

Microbe Lift Legacy Summer Koi Food Staple

Assessment:  Only one aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients and only one split ingredient (wheat). Spirulina, Betaine, Spinach, Astaxanthin,  as color enhancer. Even has a lot of probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

This is a solid, B-grade food. I would feed this. Price matters, then.

Ingredients: Fish Meal, Whole Wheat, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Wheat Middlings, Fish Oil, Brewers Dried Yeast, Dicalcium Phosphate, Spinach, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Spirulina, Betaine Anhydrous, Salt, Choline Chloride, Chromium Oxide, Ethoxyquin (preservative), Astaxanthin (color), Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin, Folic Acid, Riboflavin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Ferrous Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min) – 36.0%
Crude Fat (min) – 6.0%
Crude Fiber (max) – 5.0%
Moisture (max) – 8.0%
Ash (max) – 9.0%
Phosphorous (min) – 1.3%
Copper (min) – 7 mg/kg

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Blue Ridge Blend Growth Formula Koi Food

Blue Ridge Blend Growth Formula Koi Food

As affordable diets go, averaging $4/lb –  this one is better. It’s got fish meal in the top three ingredients.

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, but ZERO split ingredient (wheat). No Spirulina and no color enhancer. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients

Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, Fish meal, wheat middlings, porcine meat meal, animal fat preserved with ethoxyquin, porcine animal fat preserved with BHA, poultry by-product meal, brewer’s dried yeast, brewer’s yeast extract, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate, DL-methionine, folic acid, cholecalciferol, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate, biotin, ethoxyquin (a preservative), Vitamin A acetate, nicotinic acid, choline chloride, cyanocobalamin, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium iodate, calcium carbonate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite. Ruminant meat and bone meal free.

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CrystalClear Koi Food – Grade D+ (Well, it’s food)

CrystalClear Koi Food

About $8.50/lb

Assessment:

ZERO aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only one split ingredient (wheat). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. Spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients

Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Poultry By-Product Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Fish Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, Yeast Culture, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supple – ment, Riboflavin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Choline Chloride, dl-Methionine, L-Ascorbyl-2- Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C).

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TetraPond Koi Vibrance Floating Pond Sticks

TetraPond Koi Vibrance Floating Pond Sticks

Averages $6/lb

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only one split ingredient (wheat into THREE). This diet would probably NOT have fish meal in the top four IF they had not split Wheat into three compounds. Taken as a whole, wheat is almost assuredly the preponderant ingredient. Spirulina is “algae” but if it was spirulina they’d say so. No color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:
Wheat Starch, Corn Flour, Fish Meal, Feeding Oat Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Germ Meal, Soybean Oil, Algae Meal, Monobasic Calcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid (Source of Vitamin C) Inositol, Niacin, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Stabilized Vitamin C), d-Calcium Pantothenate, a-Tocopherol-Acetate, Riboflavin-5-phosphate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Palmitate, Cyanocobalamin, Cholecalciferol, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Cobalt Nitrate. Color: Yellow 5 Lake. Ethoxyquin (Anti-oxidant) as a preservative.

 

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Laguna Growth Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food: Grade C

Laguna Growth Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food

Assessment: WTF? NO aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients, and one split ingredient (wheat into THREE). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. No spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Averages $9/lb (Ridiculous)

Ingredients

Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Poultry By-Product Meal, Fish Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Wheat Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Fish Oil, Soy Lecithin, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (source of Vitamin E), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Yeast Culture, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C).

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Laguna Color Enhancing Goldfish & Koi: Worse than “Meh”

Laguna Color Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food, 2.2 lb

Averages $7/lb !! (There are so many foods twice as good for less.)

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only one split ingredient (wheat). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. Has spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:

Wheat, Fish Meal, Wheat Germ Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Blood Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Spirulina, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione SodiumBisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Choline Chloride, Cobalt Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate.

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Purina Mills Game Fish Chow

Purina Mills Game Fish Chow

Assessment:

One aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients and FOUR split ingredient (Soy into two, wheat into three, corn into two, ). No spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. It is cooked which isn’t all bad.
This is why you don’t feed farm-fish food to Koi and goldfish.

Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat Middlings, Ground Corn, Fish Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Salt, Porcine Meat Meal, Ground Oats, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Ground Wheat, Calcium Carbonate, Ground Soybean, Hulls, Betaine, Cane Molasses, Dried Beef Pulp, Wheat Germ, Dicalcium Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Soybean Oil,L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin A Supplement, Porcine Animal Fat Preserved With BHA, Folic Acid, Choline Chloride, Vitamin D Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, DL-Methionine, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Carbonate, Sodium Selenite.

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Kaytee Koi’s Choice Premium Fish Food, 10-lb bag

Kaytee Koi’s Choice Premium Fish Food, 10-lb bag

Assessment:

Kaytee's Koi Choice: Mediocre
Kaytee’s Koi Choice: Mediocre

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients and only two split ingredient (Corn, wheat). No spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:
Fish Meal, Ground Corn, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat Flour, Corn Gluten Meal, Fish Oil, Wheat Germ Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Potassium Sulfate, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Propionic Acid (a preservative), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Menadion e Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of vitamin K activity), Niacin, Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite.