Eagle Pack Power Adult Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Eagle Pack Power Adult Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Pork Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Peas, and Chicken Fat.
Eagle Pack Power Adult Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
This ingredients is the whole hog, including bones, organs and tissues, that has been cooked down, with the water extracted and the residue is ground into a fine, high-protein meal.
Whole-grain for carbohydrates, fiber, and nutrients.
Peas are healthy, grain-free filter alternative that contain complex carbohydrates, fiber, protein, phytonutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. They are also rich in protein and high in fiber.
Lutein in peas is an anti-oxidant good for heart, skin, and eye health. Sterols content in peas help lowering cholesterol. However, peas may be related to Canine Heart Disease and FDA is actively investigating this. 93 percent of reported foods in DCM cases contained peas and/or lentils.
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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Eagle Pack Power Adult Dry Dog Food has 30% protein, 19% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 31.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Eagle Pack Power Adult Dry Dog Food as 31.5%. 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 Eagle Pack kibble has less starch ratio than the average.