Zea Mays in Origen

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    Zea Mays in Origen

    THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL POST FROM ONE OF MY GOLDEN RETRIEVER FORUMS.  LIKE HER, I HAVE NEVER USED ORIJEN FOOD AND DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, HAD NEVER HEARD OF ZEA MAYS.  I DID CHECK AND SHE IS CORRECT, IT IS CORN. AS SHE SAID, THERE IS APPARENTLY VERY, VERY LITTLE IN THE FOOD, BUT IF YOUR DOG IS HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO CORN, IT COULD BE ENOUGHT TO SET OFF A REACTION, AND ONE PERSON REPLIED ANY AMOUNT SETS OFF REACTION IN HER DOG.  SO, THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THIS ALONG IN CASE ANY OF YOU HAVE A DOG HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO CORN AND ARE CONSIDERING THIS FOOD.  ALSO, IT APPEAS IF YOU ARE GRAIN FREE, YOU BEST HECK OUT STRANGE NAMES LIKE THIS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.


    Deboned chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal, russet potato, lake whitefish, chicken fat, sweet potato, whole eggs, turkey, salmon meal, salmon and anchovy oils, salmon, natural chicken flavour, sunflower oil, sun-cured alfalfa, dried brown kelp, carrots, spinach, peas, tomatoes, apples, psyllium, dulse, glucosamine Hcl, cranberries, black currants, rosemary extract, chondroitin sulfate, sea salt.


    TONIC HERBS AND BOTANICALS
    Chicory root, licorice root, tumeric root, funugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, zea mays, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, dandelion, summer savory, rosehips.


    ORGANIC MINERALS
    Iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate.


    PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS
    Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product.

    What is Zea Mays???Synonoms = Corn, Maize!!!
    Obviously it's probably not in any great amount in the food but needless to say I was shocked!
    I don't personally feed Orijen but I thought I'd post this for those who do or are considering it just as an fyi.

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    It's actually not the grain corn, but the corn silk----from their website:

    Q: WHAT IS ZEA MAYS and WHY IS IT IN ORIJEN?

    A:  The Zea Mays in ORIJEN is CORN SILK which is actually classified as an herb or botanical – not a grain.  Corn Silk is NOT made from grain but rather from filaments from the flowers of female corn plant. This costly botanical features Maizenic Acid as an active ingredient and is formulated in ORIJEN diets at 300mg/kg. As corn silk does not contain corn starch or corn protein it poses absolutely no risk to dogs that may have corn allergies.

    Corn silk is used to treat urinary tract infections and kidney stones and is regarded as a soothing diuretic useful for any irritation of the urinary system (a common health problem in today’s companion dogs and cats).  As corn silk is used as a kidney remedy and in the regulation of fluids, this herb is believed to be helpful in treating high blood pressure and water retention.

    As a well known herbal remedy, corn silk is used to treat urinary conditions in countries including the United Sates, China, Haiti, Turkey, and Trinidad. Furthermore, in China, corn silk as a component in an herbal formula is used to treat diabetes.

     

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    I have removed TONS of corn silk from ears of corn (grewup n farm, raised acres of corn for us and our lvestock) ) but i never knew it had any value.    However I never saw an ear of corn without silk and   since this corn silk is only from female plants, it must be a different corn silk than what we took off every single ear of corn.    by the way, i HATED and still hate trying to get all thatstuff off an ear of corn!

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    sandra_slayton

    by the way, i HATED and still hate trying to get all thatstuff off an ear of corn!

    ....Couldn't agree with you more.