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Enhance and VF dog foods by Arkat Nutrition


Looking for a superior dog food which offers total and balanced nutrition at a great price? Look no further than Enhance dog foor and VF dog food by Arkat Nutrition. Arkat Nutrition offers two superior lines of highly digestible all natural dog foods your dog will love.

Click here to compare how your dog food stacks up to Enhance® brand or VF brand dog food by Arkat Nutrition. Arkat Nutrition dog foods offer nearly twice the energy per cup than other leading dog food brands!

We feed, recommend and sell the complete line of ARKAT Nutrition dog food.

VF COMPLETE and ENHANCE dog food brands offer:
OMEGA 3 & 6
Improve skin and coat
Bolster nervous system
Enhance cognitive function

VF COMPLETE dog food brand offers:
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Promote overall joint health
Chelated Minerals
Benefit reproductive function
Improve skin and coat
Strengthen nails
No Corn Formulas

PROTEIN DIGESTABILITY
(source: Arkat Nutrition)


"Digestibility, as it relates to protein, is the measure of how well the animal can break the unabsorbable large protein molecules into smaller, absorbable amino acids in the intestine. There are numerous types of amino acids, some of which are essential for good health; egg whites have lots of different amino acids and corn only a few. For the dog or cat, egg whites are about the best source of easily digestible protein, so egg whites are given a value of 1.0 on the digestibility scale. This table shows how other proteins stack up to eggs for digestibility.

You can see from the rankings in this table which protein sources provide the best digestibility. Now you should be thinking, "If a product is labeled high protein, so what?" You want to know the source of the protein by looking at the ingredient list on the bag or can of food. And take a close look at CORN as a protein source! CORN is primarily a carbohydrate source and has limited value as a source of protein because of its limited amino acid content. CORN cannot be considered a good source of protein in spite of what many pet food manufacturers would like the consumer to believe!

Compare your current dog food ingredient list to see how well it measures in protein digestibility. These values are approximate and were taken from various nutrition sources and from personal communication with nutrition experts.

Egg Whites 1.0
Muscle Meats (Poultry, Beef, Lamb) .92
Organ Meats (kidney, liver, heart) meat by-products .90
Milk, Cheese .89
Fish .75
Soy .75
Rice .72
Oats .66
Yeast .63
Wheat .60
Corn .54"