Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I had heard enough about dogs getting sick or dying after eating Chinese chicken jerky, I went looking for products made in the US and found this and have ordered several 1 lb bags. When fewer and fewer vendors were listed on amazon and the price quadrupled from my last purchase, I called the manufacturer to see if they had stopped making the product. The person said no, they had reformulated it so I waited for that to show up. Now it has so I went back to the manufacturer's web site to see what they changed. I was appalled by what I found. From my bags of the old product here is a list of the ingredients. Chicken, natural smoke flavor. That's all. Here's the reformulated product ingredient list: Chicken, betaine, brown sugar, cultured dextrose, sea salt, natural smoke flavor, garlic powder, mixed tocopherols (preservative), paprika extract color, rosemary extract. I didn't know what betaine was so I looked it up on the net. After reading about it, I still don't know what it is. The crude protein dropped from 77% to 50%. crude fat increased from 2% to 5%. moisture increased from 18% to 28%. I am not going to give this product to my dog and will make my own chicken jerky in the oven. ___________________ Update: I just went to a new Petco that opened near me. I found a 1 lb package of Colorado Naturals Chicken Jerky Dog Treats. Made in the US. Ingredients: Chicken breasts, natural flavorings. Crude protein 70% Crude fat 3-7% Moisture 10% I will be buying these once I use up my old stock of True Chews. ____________________ Update 2 (8/17/13): Since its been over a year since I last looked at True Chews, I decided to see if they've changed their product. Yes they have: Premium Jerky Cuts Ingredients: Chicken, Vegetable Glycerin, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Natural Smoke Flavor, Paprika Extract Color, Garlic Powder, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Rosemary Extract. Crude Protein: 40% Crude Fat: 9% Moisture: 28% I've ordered Colorado Naturals bags several times from the Petco web site and am very pleased with how soft the product is and how they haven't changed the ingredients! _______________ Update 3 (5/22/14): I just received a new shipment of Colorado Naturals Chicken Jerky Dog Treats from petco.com and noticed a sticker on the back of the bags with new percentages: Crude protein dropped from 70% to 50% Crude fat increased from 3-7% to 5-30% Salt increased from 0.3% max to 3.0% max. I immediately took the bags back to a store. I will not be buying this product any longer. I got a merchandise credit and went looking at the jerky section of the store. They had a section of "Made in the USA" products and I looked at a bag labeled American Jerky Chicken Strips. The back of the bag says petco so I guess its their new product. Ingredients: Chicken breast Crude protein: 83% Crude fat: 4.2% Moisture: 11.9% I will be ordering this product from the petco web site. Just got my shipment from petco. This reminds me a lot of how True Chews used to be when it was just made up of chicken and flavor. But its not as hard so it probably won't break my scissors like TC had done several times. Hope petco doesn't mess with this and I can stop having to find new products!