Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food
Top 4 ingredients of Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat, and Barley.
Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food Ingredients
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
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 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.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food has 20% protein, 4.5% fat, 3.6% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 56.9%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Royal Canin Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food as 56.9%. Basically, more than 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 Royal Canin Veterinary kibble has more starch ratio than the average.
