Yes, Beneful is really LOW quality food so be careful, she may get sick again as many rattie can't tolerate the corn, sugar, wheat, preservatives and dyes in it! (Not just ratties but any dog!) And the chicken by product meal can be ground up feathers, beaks, etc. It's mostly made up of fillers, look at all the grains. Soy is another potential allergen. And menedione has been shown to cause cancer in some animals, I believe it has been outlawed in Europe.
Your rattie may eat it better and not get sick BUT in the long term it's not healthy.
Look at the ingredients: http://www.beneful.com/Dog-Food/Original/Default.aspx#shown
INGREDIENTS
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, salt, phosphoric acid, animal digest, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, Vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin B-12 supplement, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, copper sulfate, biotin, garlic oil, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite. |