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Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat, and Soybean Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.): 25%
Crude Fat (min.): 11%
Crude Fiber (max.): 4.5%
Moisture (max.): 12%
Calories: 3,521 kcal/kg, 413 kcal/cup

Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken, Beef, Ground Rice, Natural Flavor, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Choline Chloride, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Biotin (Vitamin B-7)], L-lysine Monohydrochloride
We specified the salt's position and marked it to help you evaluate the ingredients better with The Salt Divider.
Whole Grain Corn in Dog Food
Chicken by-products meal as a dog food ingredient

Whole Grain Corn contains bran, cereal germ, and endosperm as a whole instead of just the endosperm. Corn is a fibrous grain and it provides easily digestible carbohydrates that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.

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.

Corn Gluten Meal is the principal protein of corn. Despite the name, corn gluten does not contain true gluten which makes it 100% gluten-free indeed.

CGM has over 60% crude protein and good for digestibility.

Is a source of essential amino acids which are essential to your dog’s overall health and well-being. The fat also adds some extra flavor to this dry dog food formula.

Is a high quality protein ingredient, though obviously less ideal than meat. Some critics contend that this kind of bean may cause allergic issues in canines, though opinions vary widely.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Dry Dog Food has 25% protein, 11% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 42.5%.

The largest proportion of Carbohydrates in dog food is provided by starch and indeed dogs don't have carbohydrate requirement at all.

We calculated the starch ratio in Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 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 Dog Chow kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (25%)
Starch (42.5 %)
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