Iams Adult Healthy Weight Large Breed Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Iams Adult Healthy Weight Large Breed Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Ground Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Ground Whole Grain Barley, and Chicken.
Iams Adult Healthy Weight Large Breed Dry Dog Food Ingredients
This provides easily digestible carbohydrates.
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 ingredient is also called Milo and is an excellent source for energy, and is one of the carbohydrate sources. It is cracked and cooked for better digestibility.
Ground Whole Grain Barley is a third source of carbohydrate energy. Scientific analysis indicates that barley is low on the glycemic index and may help to regulate your pet’s blood sugar levels. Once again, this grain is finely ground and cooked at high temperatures in order to increase digestibility.
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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Iams Adult Healthy Weight Large Breed Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 9% fat, 5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 49%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Iams Adult Healthy Weight Large Breed Dry Dog Food as 49%. 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 Iams kibble has more starch ratio than the average.