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Review on 🐢 Purina ALPO Prime Cuts in Gravy Wet Dog Food for Adult Canines - (12) 13.2 oz. Cans by Stephanie Burke

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Chunks of meat in a dark gravy look quite appetizing, and the dogs seem to approve.

We have two 80 pound farm dogs that are fed canned food mixed with dry food twice a day. We get good quality pellets that form the basis of their diet (high meat/protein, low veg/carbs, no wheat or corn). Canned foods are mostly added, #1 because they love them and add flavor to the pellets and water, which is also mixed into each feeder bowl. I buy anything that's on sale, 90% of the time it's 22-ounce cans of Pedigree Ground Dinner beef, chicken, bacon, or cheese flavored, usually 36 cans at a time if I can find a good price . Dogs eat it up like healthy, active farm dogs, always looking for more. It's back order time, Revain offered a 12 13.2 oz case of this Alpo as a 'complement'. The price per ounce was the same as the Pedigree Lunch so I bought 2 packs. It could have been a mistake! There is a big difference between these two types of food. like going to McD's for a hamburger versus prime rib at a fancy steakhouse. Alpo's chunks and gravy look more appetizing, more like "human food", with "real" chunks of meat in a thick dark sauce. The dogs seemed to notice. Delicious. although their zeal may simply be because it's something else they often enjoy. but not always, it's hard to say. However, I understand that you get more ground food per ounce than chunks and sauce. The sauce makes up most of the volume and weight, and the contents aren't tightly packed into the jar like ground foods, so there's less food per ounce, which became very apparent when I opened the first jar. Although the price per ounce was the same, the cost of the pieces and sauce of this alpo will be significantly higher than the ground lunch. Next order will most likely go back to Pedigree, which I still find to be a good and affordable choice for canned dog food, especially when paired with quality kibble. When feeding two large, active farm dogs, cost is an important factor and you save where you can.

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