Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Puppy Wild-Caught Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Puppy Wild-Caught Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Peas, and Organic Pea Protein. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 37.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Whitefish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Pea Protein
The protein fraction separated out from peas after the starch and fiber have been removed.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,558 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 28.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 14.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 11.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 37.0%
387 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
Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Peas, Organic Pea Protein, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Tapioca, Lamb Meal, Natural Flavor, Organic Sunflower Seed Meal, Organic Flaxseed, Inulin (from chicory root), Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Organic Apples, Organic Blueberries, 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., Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Iodate), DL-Methionine, Taurine, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product
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 | 28.0% | 31.5% | HIGH |
| FAT | 14.0% | 15.7% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 4.0% | 4.5% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 37.0% | 41.6% | 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>Pristine range and the archive average.
| METRIC | THIS RECIPE | CASTOR & POLLUX | ARCHIVE AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN, DM | 31.5% | 33.7% | 32.3% |
| CARB, DM | 42% | 38% | 39% |
| STARCH RATIO | 37.0% | 33.5% | 37.84% |
| KCAL / CUP | 387 | 405 | 384 |
No FDA Recalls On Record
We have not matched any FDA recall to Castor & Pollux>Pristine. 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.