Nature’s Recipe Original Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Nature’s Recipe Original Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Lamb Meal, Brewers Rice, Barley, Feeding Oatmeal, and Dried Beet Pulp.
Nature’s Recipe Original Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Lamb Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole lambs that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. This is a combination of the flesh, bone, as well as the skin of the lamb. It's better to check the quality of the source otherwise, traces of unremoved wool and grain (from the stomach) can be food.
Lamb meal promotes a healthy heart as well as healthy skin! For dogs with sensitivities, lamb meal is a highly digestible protein source providing essential amino acids and fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals for muscle development and energy.
Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.
Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility
Barley is source of carbohydrates for energy, B vitamins and fiber for a healthy digestive system. In some cases it has been known to lower cholesterol. It's a good alternative grain for dogs that are allergic to corn or wheat.
Is the fifth ingredient. This is an ingredient that is rich in fiber.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Nature’s Recipe Original Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food has 25% protein, 15% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 40.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Nature’s Recipe Original Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food as 40.5%. 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 Nature's Recipe kibble has more starch ratio than the average.