Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food are Organic Chicken, Organic Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Chickpeas, and Organic Peas. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 39.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,619 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 25.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 14.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 5.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 11.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 39.0%
362 kcal per cup. This food is 89% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.
Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Organic Chicken, Organic Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Chickpeas, Organic Peas, Organic Tapioca, Organic Pea Protein, Organic Sunflower Seed Meal, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Organic Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Organic Chicken Liver, Organic Blueberries, Salmon Oil, Organic Alfalfa Meal, Organic Sunflower Oil, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), Potassium Chloride, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Organic Rosemary Extract
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 25.0% | 28.1% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 14.0% | 15.7% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 5.0% | 5.6% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 39.0% | 43.8% | HIGH |
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
Against The Line
Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Castor & Pollux>Organix range and the archive average.
| METRIC | THIS RECIPE | CASTOR & POLLUX | ARCHIVE AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN, DM | 28.1% | 29.2% | 32.3% |
| CARB, DM | 44% | 40% | 39% |
| STARCH RATIO | 39.0% | 36.0% | 37.84% |
| KCAL / CUP | 362 | 408 | 384 |
No FDA Recalls On Record
We have not matched any FDA recall to Castor & Pollux>Organix. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.