What I'm currently feeding my dog: http://orijen.ca/products/regional_red/ingredientsIf you simply dried meat, then ground it I'm guessing ( I'm not a nutritionist) you'd get something pretty close to the original. I'm not seeing that as being what kibble is though. What he said was 'kibble is raw meat + additives + nutrients (basically, the constituents of a raw food diet) that's steam cooked, formed into pellets and dried.' This is incorrect according to that website. Can I ask. You say I was being silly posting that link without even looking at it properly. Would you please look at it and tell me what proportion of those kibbles you'd know by name and how many you would have considered premium-ish. As they're Canadian(hopefully available in USA also) I don't know any of them. I would be interested if you are genuinely surpised at any of them being 'crapper' than you would have expected from their reputation. I know that if I bought 'Natural Recipe' I'd be somewhat disappointed at how far from my perception of natural food it would be.
75% meat, 25% vegetables, 0% grain. Egg and potato starch are the primary binder that holds the kibble together.