Iams Mature Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Iams Mature Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Ground Corn, and Ground Whole Grain Sorghum.
Iams Mature 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.
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.
Barley is a healthy and hearty cereal grain that is rich in dietary fiber, antioxidants, minerals and necessary vitamins.
This corn product is ground to a fine flour to make it more digestible and is used to give fuel to your pet. Diamond tests all incoming corn for aflatoxin.
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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Iams Mature Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food has 26% protein, 11% fat, 5.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 42.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Iams Mature Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food as 42.5%. Basically, around two fifth (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.
