This little pack of dog treats has a lot going for it: it's got real chicken as the top ingredient, it contains dried bone broth, it's resealable, and the treats are soft and tiny—perfect for our small senior dogs.
Our puppers Alfred and Sadie turned 13 years old last month. They're in pretty good shape for their age, but they aren't as active as they used to be, so we have to be a bit more choosy about what treats we give them. Oat flour and rice flour are the second and third ingredients, respectively, and I understand there are different schools of thought about giving dogs grains and flours. Some say dogs should avoid grains as much as possible. Others say whole grains are a good source of dietary fiber.
Fortunately, we'll only be giving them a couple of these treats each day, so such a small amount of flour won't really affect them either way. The product even specifies on the bag that these are dog treats as opposed to dog food. They shouldn't represent more than ten percent of your dog's daily calorie intake.
Bone broth contains collagen, which is perfect for helping older dogs maintain healthy fur, skin, and joints. It can also boost their digestive and immune systems. It's even known to detoxify the liver.
The doggies seem to like taste of the treats well enough. Anything with chicken is usually a hit with them. There's even molasses in these mini morsels. Bonus points for being chewy and bite-sized even for our chihuahua-mix mutts.
$3.99 for the 6 oz resealable bag, found in the pet section. Would buy again. Alfred and Sadie give these treats eight out of ten paw prints.
I assumed that both Sonia and I would enjoy this product—that we'd like it but not love it, that I'd be a little more critical of it than she would be, and that she'd do most of the raving and I'd do most of the ranting. Well, I was right about the first part.
We both give this product a thumbs up in the end, but I'm the one doing it a bit more enthusiastically. Yes, yes, it has a lot of added sugar. It has exactly double the added sugar of the product we looked at last week: Icelandic Style Skyr Yogurt. The thing is: this product tastes like dessert to me while the skyr tastes like something I'd eat just because it's healthy. This offering still has the beneficial live yogurt cultures AND I would actually eat this product voluntarily on a regular basis. I might even eat it in place of something more indulgent, like ice cream.
To me, it's that good. It has enough sweetness—both from 10 grams of added sugar as well as the natural sweetness of Honeycrisp apples—to counterbalance the intrinsic tartness of Greek yogurt. It's "sweet and sour" in a way I never thought would work but somehow does. There's a fair amount of cinnamon and generous quantities of apple bits throughout it in my opinion, though the beautiful wifey thought it could use more of both.
The texture is thick like any other Greek yogurt. You can see and feel the Honeycrisp apple in the product, and to a lesser degree, you can feel the faint grit of the cinnamon. It's a very nice mouthfeel overall.
At 99¢ for the 5.3 oz cup, it's definitely among the least expensive yogurt products I've come across in a while. Kosher. I'd definitely buy it again and Sonia would possibly consider a repurchase. Eight and half stars from me for Trader Joe's Honey Crisp Apple Cinnamon Greek Yogurt. The beautiful wifey gives it seven and a half stars.
