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Description
ZuPreem Smart Selects Parrot & Conure Bird Food provides premium daily nutrition with a healthy and balanced alternative to the average bird food blend. This delicious food is full of tempting flavors, vibrant colors and a variety of shapes and textures. Your pet bird will love the taste of wholesome grains, seeds and dried fruit that provide essential nutrients and antioxidants to keep him healthy and active. ZuPreem Smart Selects delivers “smart” levels of fat and sodium along with probiotics to promote healthy digestion. Unlike other mixes, it leaves out sunflower seeds that are often high in carbs and fats and deficient in important nutrients.
Price Score: 16 out of 100 Points
Variety Score: 49 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 88 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 58 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 59.2 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- Smart Selects delivers “smart” levels of fat and sodium along with probiotics to promote healthy digestion
- Exciting shapes, textures and colors that will make your feathered friend excited for dinner time!
- Specially formulated for conures, amazons, African greys, pionus, caiques, senegals and other medium to large birds
- Unlike other mixes, it leaves out sunflower seeds that are often high in carbs and fats and deficient in important nutrients
- Made right here in the USA!
Ingredients
Ground Corn, Safflower Seeds, Oat Groats, Soybean Meal, Ground Wheat, Dried Papaya, Dried Pineapple, Pumpkin Seeds, Dried Bananas, Dried Cranberries, Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Chili Peppers, Dried Coconut, Sugar, Dried Cane Molasses, Corn Gluten Meal, Flaxseeds, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Wheat Germ Meal, Vegetable Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Salt, Fructooligosaccharides, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Choline Chloride, Dl-Methionine, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Egg Product, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K Activity), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (a Source of Vitamin C), Preserved with Citric Acid and Mixed Tocopherols, Potassium Chloride, Dried Carrots, Dried Green Beans, Dried Peas, Dried Celery, Dried Parsley, Dried Beets, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Sulfur Dioxide (Preservative), Ethoxyquin (a Preservative), Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract.See products with the same ingredients:
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Biotin - Harmless ingredient
(242)
Biotin also called vitamin H, vitamin B7 or vitamin B8 is a water-soluble B vitamin. It is involved in a wide range of metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the utilization of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
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Blue (15)
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres.
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Calcium Carbonate - Harmless ingredient
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Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite and is the main component of pearls and the shells of marine organisms, snails, and eggs.
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Calcium Iodate - Controversial ingredient
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Calcium Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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Choline Chloride - Harmless ingredient
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Choline chloride is an organic compound with the formula 3NCH2CH2OH]Cl. It is bifunctional, containing both quaternary ammonium salt and an alcohol. The cation is choline, which occurs naturally. It is a white, water-soluble salt used mainly in animal feed..
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Copper Sulfate - Harmless ingredient
(159)
Copper sulfate, also known as copper sulphate, are the inorganic compounds with the chemical formula CuSO4x, where x can range from 0 to 5. The pentahydrate is the most common form. Older names for this compound include blue vitriol, bluestone, vitriol of copper, and Roman vitriol.
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Corn Gluten Meal - Controversial ingredient
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Dicalcium Phosphate - Harmful ingredient
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Dl-Methionine - Healthy ingredient
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Methionine is an essential amino acid in humans. As the substrate for other amino acids such as cysteine and taurine, versatile compounds such as SAM-e, and the important antioxidant glutathione, methionine plays a critical role in the metabolism and health of many species, including humans.
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Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product (7)
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Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product (16)
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Dried Bananas (1)
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Dried Beets (2)
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Dried Cane Molasses (3)
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Dried Carrots (15)
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Dried Celery (2)
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Dried Chili Peppers (1)
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Dried Coconut (1)
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Dried Cranberries (5)
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Dried Egg Product - Low-quality ingredient
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Dried Green Beans (1)
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Dried Papaya (3)
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Dried Parsley (5)
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Dried Peas (14)
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Dried Pineapple (3)
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Dried Sweet Potato (7)
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Ethoxyquin (11)
Ethoxyquin is a quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative in certain countries and originally to control scald on pears after harvest. It is used as a preservative in some pet foods to slow the development of rancidity of fats.
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Flaxseeds (6)
Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. Textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen.
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Folic Acid - Harmless ingredient
(235)
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage.
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Fructooligosaccharides (12)
Fructooligosaccharides also sometimes called oligofructose or oligofructan, are oligosaccharide fructans, used as an alternative sweetener. FOS exhibits sweetness levels between 30 and 50 percent of sugar in commercially prepared syrups.[unreliable source?] It occurs naturally, and its commercial use emerged in the 1980s in response to consumer demand for healthier and calorie-reduced foods..
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Ground Corn (10)
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Ground Wheat (12)
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L-Lysine Monohydrochloride (19)
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Manganous Oxide - Low-quality ingredient
(49)
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Mixed Tocopherols - Low-quality ingredient
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Niacin - Harmless ingredient
(238)
Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It has the formula C 6H 5NO 2 and belongs to the group of the pyridinecarboxylic acid. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variety of whole and processed foods, with highest contents in fortified packaged foods, tuna, salmon, some vegetable and other animal sources.
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Oat Groats (10)
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Potassium Chloride - Low-quality ingredient
(208)
Potassium chloride is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste. KCl is used as a fertilizer, in medicine, in scientific applications, and in food processing, where it may be known as E number additive E508.
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Poultry Fat (4)
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Pumpkin Seeds (4)
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Pyridoxine Hydrochloride - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Food sources include eggs, green vegetables, milk and other dairy product, meat, mushrooms, and almonds. Some countries require its addition to grains. As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat riboflavin deficiency and prevent migraines.
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Rosemary Extract - Healthy ingredient
(50)
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Safflower Seeds (2)
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Salt - Harmless ingredient
(231)
Salt is a mineral consisting primarily of sodium chloride, a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent.
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Sodium Selenite - Harmful ingredient
(166)
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Soybean Meal (22)
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Sugar (27)
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double sugars, are molecules composed of two monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic bond.
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Sulfur Dioxide (4)
Sulfur dioxide is the chemical compound with the formula SO 2. It is a toxic gas responsible for the smell of burnt matches. It is released naturally by volcanic activity and is produced as a by-product of copper extraction and the burning of fossil fuels contaminated with sulfur compounds..
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Thiamine Mononitrate - Harmless ingredient
(256)
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Vegetable Oil (25)
Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds, or less often, from other parts of fruits. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides. Soybean oil, rapeseed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of fats from seeds. Olive oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil are examples of fats from other parts of fruits.
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Vitamin A - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids. Vitamin A has multiple functions: it is important for growth and development, for the maintenance of the immune system, and for good vision.
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Vitamin B12 - Harmless ingredient
(257)
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body: it is a cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. It is particularly important in the normal functioning of the nervous system via its role in the synthesis of myelin, and in the maturation of developing red blood cells in the bone marrow.
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Vitamin C - Harmless ingredient
(60)
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate, is a vitamin found in various foods and sold as a dietary supplement. It is used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters.
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Vitamin D3 - Harmless ingredient
(244)
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 and colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D which is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight; it is also found in some foods and can be taken as a dietary supplement. It is used to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency and associated diseases, including rickets.
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Vitamin E - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, can cause nerve problems.
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Vitamin K Activity (35)
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Wheat Germ Meal (4)
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Yellow (22)
Yellow is the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 570–590 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing.
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Zinc Oxide - Harmful ingredient
(65)
Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. ZnO is a white powder that is insoluble in water, and it is widely used as an additive in numerous materials and products including rubbers, plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, lubricants, paints, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods, batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, and first-aid tapes.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein | 12.0% min |
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| Crude Fat | 8.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 9.0% max |
| Moisture | 12.0% max |
| Lysine | 0.6% min |
| Methionine | 0.3.0% min |
| Phosphorus | 0.4% min |
| Sodium | 0.22% max |
| Vitamin D | 300 IU/kg min |
| Vitamin E | 40 IU/kg min |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 13.6% |
|---|---|
| Crude Fat | 9.1% |
| Crude Fiber | 10.2% |
| Moisture | 13.6% |