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