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Addiction vs. American Journey

In this comparison article for Addiction vs American Journey, we'll highlight the key differences between these two pet food brands. To properly compare Addiction and American Journey, we'll use up-to-date nutritional and price information.

There are many factors to consider when choosing the best pet food brand for your pet. Factors such as ingredient quality, guaranteed analysis, product safety, brand history, and cost are among the most important factors to consider.

Throughout this American Journey vs Addiction comparison, we've utilized average data to make general comparisons. If you'd like to see individual product reviews, visit our Addiction Review Page or American Journey Review Page.

Guaranteed Analysis: American Journey vs. Addiction

According to AAFCO, all pet food labels must provide a guaranteed analysis of nutrient content. The analysis must provide guaranteed minimum percentages of crude protein and crude fat, and maximum percentages of crude fiber and moisture.

All percentages used in this comparison are averages reported on a dry matter basis.

Addiction Dog Food vs. American Journey Dog Food

Dry Dog Food	Addiction	American Journey
Crude Protein	25.0%	31.8%
Crude Fat	13.1%	14.7%
Crude Fiber	5.7%	6.4%

Crude Protein Comparison For Dog Food

Protein is an extremely important part of your dog's diet. Without sufficient protein, dogs can develop a wide-range of serious health problems.

Addiction dry recipes contain 6.80% less protein than American Journey dry recipes. This difference in protein content is a notable difference between American Journey and Addiction.

Crude Fat Comparison For Dog Food

Dietary fats serves a multitude of roles in the proper development and function of our canine companions. Here are some of the benefits (not exhaustive):

Help produce prostaglandins, which reduce inflammation among other critical functions.
Aid in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins
Improve skin and coat health
Improve the palatially of your dog's food

Both brands provide roughly the same amount of crude fat.

As you can see, Addiction and American Journey guarantee a similar amount of crude fiber.

Addiction Cat Food vs. American Journey Cat Food

Dry Cat Food	Addiction	American Journey
Crude Protein	33.3%	39.8%
Crude Fat	17.0%	16.2%
Crude Fiber	4.1%	5.5%

Crude Protein Comparison For Cat Food

Protein is an extremely important part of your cat's diet. Without sufficient protein, cats can develop a wide-range of serious health problems.

The table shows that Addiction provides far less protein than American Journey. The difference in protein content is roughly 6.51%.

Crude Fat Comparison For Cat Food

There are many ways in which dietary fat contributes to the overall health of our feline friends. Here is a short list of benefits provided by fats (not exhaustive):

Aid in the digestion and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins
Improve the health of skin/coat
Slow the growth of yeast infections
Slow the development and spread of certain type of cancers.
Maintain healthy blood pressure

American Journey and Addiction both provide roughly the same amount of crude fat.

There is a relatively insignificant difference between the crude fiber content of the two brands.

Addiction Pet Food Ingredients vs. American Journey Pet Food Ingredients

Addiction and American Journey both use the following controversial ingredients in many of their products:

Pea Protein

Here are some of the controversial ingredients used only by Addiction.

Liver

Garlic

Canola Oil

Here are some of the controversial ingredients used only by American Journey.

Canola Meal

Brewers Rice

Wheat Gluten

Ground Whole Wheat

Powdered Cellulose

Dried Tomato Pomace

Animal Fat (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols)

Canola Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols)

We believe that certain pet food ingredients are linked to adverse health affects; these ingredients are classified as harmful.

Here are some of the harmful ingredients used only by American Journey.

Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex

Product Safety: Recall History of Addiction & American Journey?

Addiction has been recalled once.

Sept. 8, 2016: Incorrect Vitamin/Minerals

According to our records, American Journey has never been recalled.

Price Comparison: Which Brand Is More Expensive?

Dry Dog Food	Addiction	American Journey
Per Pound	$7.46	$2.16
Per Calorie	$0.0047	$0.0014

Dry Cat Food	Addiction	American Journey
Per Pound	$4.55	$2.96
Per Calorie	$0.0028	$0.0018

The average cost-per-lb is heavily influenced by the varying amounts of moisture present in each brand's food products (wet vs. dry food, dry vs. freeze-dried food, etc). However, the average cost-per-kcal eliminates the influence of moisture. Therefore, the average cost-per-kcal is the better metric to consider.

If you'd like to calculate the average cost-per-day or cost-pet-year of feeding Addiction or American Journey, input your pet's weight into our cost analyzer widget.

Averages price data can identify whether or not there exists a significant price difference between two brands. However, the actual price that you'll pay for Addiction or American Journey will depend on your shopping habits.

Pet owners who use our price comparison feature typically save more than 25% off retail prices for Addiction and American Journey. In addition, we currently have some great coupons for our readers.

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Where To Buy Addiction Pet Foods

You can purchase Addiction pet foods from the following stores:

21 Recipes In-Stock Today

19 Recipes In-Stock Today

Where To Buy American Journey Pet Foods

You can purchase American Journey pet food products from these retailers:

126 Recipes In-Stock Today

Type Of Pet Foods Available

Product	Addiction	American Journey
Dry Dog Food	7 Recipes	43 Recipes
Wet Dog Food	None	11 Recipes
Dog Treats	4 Treats	44 Treats
Dry Cat Food	3 Recipes	14 Recipes
Wet Cat Food	None	23 Recipes
Cat Treats	None	5 Treats