Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Ground Corn, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, and Chicken By-Product Meal.
Iams Adult Large Breed 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.
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.
This provides easily digestible carbohydrates.
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.
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, Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food has 22.5% protein, 12.5% fat, 5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 45%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Iams Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food as 45%. 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.