
Diamond Maintenance Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Diamond Maintenance Dry Dog Food are Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat Flour, Whole Grain Ground Corn, Rice Bran, and Dried Beet Pulp.
Diamond Maintenance Dry Dog Food Ingredients



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.
Wheat flour is a source of vegetable protein.
This provides easily digestible carbohydrates.
Is the outer husk and germ of a grain of rice. It is a rich source of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber.
Is the fifth ingredient. This is an ingredient that is rich in fiber.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Diamond Maintenance Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 12% fat, 3.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 47.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Diamond Maintenance Dry Dog Food as 47.5%. Basically, almost 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 Diamond kibble has more starch ratio than the average.