Diamond Puppy Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Diamond Puppy Dry Dog Food are Chicken By-Product Meal, Whole Grain Ground Corn, Wheat Flour, Chicken Fat, and Dried Beet Pulp.
Diamond Puppy Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.
Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
This provides easily digestible carbohydrates.
Wheat flour is a source of vegetable protein.
Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.
Is the fifth ingredient. This is an ingredient that is rich in fiber.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Diamond Puppy Dry Dog Food has 31% protein, 20% fat, 3% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 31%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Diamond Puppy Dry Dog Food as 31%. Basically, around one third of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Diamond kibble has less starch ratio than the average.