@Yvonne Smith, I'll look at it tomorrow. This is the last day of my workweek, so I have to do some last-minute end-of-week stuff tonight.
Pet Food Reviews
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POLHIDE 32-IN-1
This is described as a complete multivitamin soft chew for dogs, offering whole-body wellness with probiotics, yeast probiotics, vitamins, minerals, and omega-3, with salmon flavor.
Ingredients Per soft chew (1.5 g): Proprietary Probiotic Blend, 3 Billion CFU (Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus subtilis); Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), 100 mg; Galactooligosaccharides (GOS), 100 mg; Synergistic Yeast Postbiotic Blend, 75 mg (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cyberlindnera jadinii); Methionine, 10 mg; Linoleic Acid, 20 mg; Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA, from Fish Oil), 32 mg; Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA, from Fish Oil), 22 mg; Calcium, 112 mg; Phosphorus, 56 mg; Potassium, 15 mg; Magnesium, 5 mg; Iron, 3 mg; Copper, 0.3 mg; Manganese, 1 mg; Zinc, 3 mg; Iodine, 50 mcg; Selenium, 10 mcg; Vitamin A, 1,000 IU; Vitamin D3, 100 IU; Vitamin E, 15 IU; Thiamine (Vitamin B1), 0.2 mg; Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), 1 mg; Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), 4 mg; Niacin (Vitamin B3), 5 mg; Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6), 0.4 mg; Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), 80 mcg; Vitamin B12, 8 mcg; Biotin, 4 mg; Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), 25 mg; Inositol, 2 mg; Choline (as Choline Citrate), 5 mg. Inactive ingredients: Apple Ci.
This looks like a well-formulated general wellness supplement, particularly for digestive support and broad-spectrum vitamin/mineral supplementation.
The Very Good
Biotin is listed at 4 mg (4,000 mcg), which is a generous amount compared to many dog multivitamins. It is considered safe because biotin has very low toxicity, but it is noticeably higher than competing products. This isn't necessarily a concern, but I'm not sure about it.
Complete Multivitamin
For a dog eating a balanced commercial diet, this functions as a complete multivitamin supplement.
However, it is not an effective joint supplement, a skin allergy supplement, an arthritis supplement, or a high-potency omega-3 supplement.
Its strongest role is for gut health support (probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics), filling potential micronutrient gaps, and general wellness supplementation.
If you are looking for a daily "cover-the-basics" supplement, this formulation is better than many multivitamins because it includes meaningful probiotic, prebiotic, and postbiotic components.
Disclaimer
Since evaluating supplements like this is beyond my existing knowledge, I had to look up a lot of this stuff, some of which I can't necessarily stand by independently.
This is described as a complete multivitamin soft chew for dogs, offering whole-body wellness with probiotics, yeast probiotics, vitamins, minerals, and omega-3, with salmon flavor.
Ingredients Per soft chew (1.5 g): Proprietary Probiotic Blend, 3 Billion CFU (Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus subtilis); Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), 100 mg; Galactooligosaccharides (GOS), 100 mg; Synergistic Yeast Postbiotic Blend, 75 mg (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cyberlindnera jadinii); Methionine, 10 mg; Linoleic Acid, 20 mg; Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA, from Fish Oil), 32 mg; Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA, from Fish Oil), 22 mg; Calcium, 112 mg; Phosphorus, 56 mg; Potassium, 15 mg; Magnesium, 5 mg; Iron, 3 mg; Copper, 0.3 mg; Manganese, 1 mg; Zinc, 3 mg; Iodine, 50 mcg; Selenium, 10 mcg; Vitamin A, 1,000 IU; Vitamin D3, 100 IU; Vitamin E, 15 IU; Thiamine (Vitamin B1), 0.2 mg; Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), 1 mg; Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), 4 mg; Niacin (Vitamin B3), 5 mg; Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6), 0.4 mg; Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), 80 mcg; Vitamin B12, 8 mcg; Biotin, 4 mg; Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), 25 mg; Inositol, 2 mg; Choline (as Choline Citrate), 5 mg. Inactive ingredients: Apple Ci.
This looks like a well-formulated general wellness supplement, particularly for digestive support and broad-spectrum vitamin/mineral supplementation.
The Very Good
- Strong probiotic component: The supplement provides 3 billion CFU per chew from bacillus coagulans, bacillus clausii, and bacillus subtilis. These are spore-forming probiotics that tend to survive manufacturing and stomach acid better than many traditional probiotic strains. For most dogs, 3 billion CFU is a meaningful dose and could help improve stool quality, digestive regularity, recovery after antibiotics, and general gut health.
- Includes prebiotics: The addition of FOS (100 mg) and GOS (100 mg) is good. Prebiotics feed beneficial bacteria already present in the gut, making the probiotics more likely to be effective.
- Includes postbiotics: The yeast-derived postbiotic blend is relatively modern in nutrition science. Postbiotics may help with gut barrier health, immune function, and inflammation regulation. Many older supplements stop at probiotics alone.
- Comprehensive vitamin and mineral coverage: Vitamins include Vitamins A, C, D3, and E, as well as full B-complex support, and biotin; while the mineral profile includes zinc, selenium, iron, copper, manganese, and iodine. This is broader than most "multivitamins" that focus only on a handful of nutrients.
- Omega-3: Per chew, it includes 32 mg EPA, 22 mg DHA, for a total marine omega-3s of 54 mg. This is enough to provide some nutritional support, although it is not a therapeutic omega-3 dose. For example, a 50-lb dog receiving omega-3s for joint disease or skin allergies often receives several hundred milligrams to over a thousand mg EPA+DHA daily under veterinary guidance. So, this is a nice nutritional addition, but not a substitute for a dedicated fish oil supplement if you're targeting arthritis, skin disease, allergies, or cognitive support.
- 32-in-1: Many pet supplements count every vitamin, mineral, amino acid, and probiotic strain as a separate benefit. There's nothing wrong with this, as marketing is an important part of a profitable product, but "32-in'1" doesn't necessarily mean it is dramatically superior to a simpler multivitamin.
- Methionine: At only 10 mg per chew, this is unlikely to have a major standalone effect. The same is true of 2 mg Inositol and 5 mg Choline. They're fine inclusions, but not present at impactful levels.
Biotin is listed at 4 mg (4,000 mcg), which is a generous amount compared to many dog multivitamins. It is considered safe because biotin has very low toxicity, but it is noticeably higher than competing products. This isn't necessarily a concern, but I'm not sure about it.
Complete Multivitamin
For a dog eating a balanced commercial diet, this functions as a complete multivitamin supplement.
However, it is not an effective joint supplement, a skin allergy supplement, an arthritis supplement, or a high-potency omega-3 supplement.
Its strongest role is for gut health support (probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics), filling potential micronutrient gaps, and general wellness supplementation.
If you are looking for a daily "cover-the-basics" supplement, this formulation is better than many multivitamins because it includes meaningful probiotic, prebiotic, and postbiotic components.
Disclaimer
Since evaluating supplements like this is beyond my existing knowledge, I had to look up a lot of this stuff, some of which I can't necessarily stand by independently.
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Thank you, Ken, that is a very comprehensive review.
I recognize some of the probiotic species as ones that i have been getting when I make the probiotic yogurt, or the juice drink with probiotics in it. Poodle only weighs about 10-12 lbs, and the one per day dose goes for dogs up to 25 lbs, so it should be a good supplement for him, assuming that he likes it.
I give him some of the probiotic yogurt when I make it, so he already gets some probiotics, but not every day. Besides the dry dog food, I cook rice and add EVOO, nutritional yeast, fresh egg, and canned tuna fish, and the dogs and cats both get some of this each day, and any dry food that they want.
Since we also feed any stray cats, possums, or raccoons that show up overnight, I just get cheaper dry food and depend on on the home cooked food for the dogs and cats to have more healthy nutrients. The cats are all sleek and shiny, and hurry to the porch when they smell their daily tuna fish.
I recognize some of the probiotic species as ones that i have been getting when I make the probiotic yogurt, or the juice drink with probiotics in it. Poodle only weighs about 10-12 lbs, and the one per day dose goes for dogs up to 25 lbs, so it should be a good supplement for him, assuming that he likes it.
I give him some of the probiotic yogurt when I make it, so he already gets some probiotics, but not every day. Besides the dry dog food, I cook rice and add EVOO, nutritional yeast, fresh egg, and canned tuna fish, and the dogs and cats both get some of this each day, and any dry food that they want.
Since we also feed any stray cats, possums, or raccoons that show up overnight, I just get cheaper dry food and depend on on the home cooked food for the dogs and cats to have more healthy nutrients. The cats are all sleek and shiny, and hurry to the porch when they smell their daily tuna fish.