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Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Small Breed Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Small Breed Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Beef, Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes, and Turkey Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 33.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 16.0%, fibre 3.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 33.5%
30%
16%
11%
34%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 33.5% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 405 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
33.5%
KCAL / CUP
405
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FIRST 5 OF 22 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,721 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
30.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
16.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
11.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
33.5%

405 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

SALT DIVIDER

Beef, Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes, Turkey Meal, Dried Egg Product, Organic Tapioca, Chicken Fat, Natural Flavor, Organic Sunflower Oil, Inulin (from chicory root), Organic Flaxseed, Organic Blueberries, Organic Apples, Potassium Chloride, Salmon 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), Taurine, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Methionine Complex, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide), 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.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 30.0% 33.7% HIGH
FAT 16.0% 18.0% n/a
FIBRE 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 33.5% 37.6% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 33.5% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

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 33.7% 33.7% 32.3%
CARB, DM 38% 38% 39%
STARCH RATIO 33.5% 33.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 405 395 384
RECALL HISTORY // CASTOR & POLLUX>PRISTINE

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

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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