Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken By-Product Meal, and Chicken Flavor.
Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs. It is filled with essential amino acids to build strong muscles and help to maintain organs and tissue.
In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega 6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.
Is the third ingredient. Corn does not add much nutritional value but is a savory part of the blend of ingredients that your dog will devour completely!
This ingredient provides another kind of energy source for dogs and is from the milo grain. It is cracked and cooked at a high temperature for better digestibility.
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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food has 23% protein, 13% fat, 5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 44%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult German Shepherd Dry Dog Food as 44%. Basically, almost half 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 Eukanuba kibble has more starch ratio than the average.