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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%, fiber 3.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 33.5%
30%
16%
11%
34%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 33.5% of this cup, below the kibble 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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Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Small Breed Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 22 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Chicken Meal

Chicken Meal

Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Potatoes

Potatoes

The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Turkey Meal

Turkey Meal

Turkey that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.

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.

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Complete guaranteed
analysis

Every row printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
30%
Crude Fat (min.)
16%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
11%
Taurine (min.)*
0.17%
Omega-6 fatty acid (min.)*
3%
Omega-3 fatty acid (min.)*
0.40%
Glucosamine (min.)*
800 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (min.)*
800 mg/kg

*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.

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
FIBER 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 33.5% 37.6% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 33.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.7CUPS
    1,076 kcal289 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (405 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // CASTOR & POLLUX

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    MAY 23, 2018
    INGREDIENT LEVEL

    ‎Beef dog treat varieties Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Organic Chicken & Oatmeal 29.2% Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Organic Puppy 29.2% Organic Small Breed 29.2%

    Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

    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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