Hill’s Prescription Diet b/d Brain Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Prescription Diet b/d Brain Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Corn, Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken Fat, and Brewers Rice.

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Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 19.1%

Crude Fat (min.): 14.4%

Crude Fiber (max.): 3%

Moisture (max.): %

Calories: 3,639 kcal/kg, 361 kcal/cup

Hill’s Prescription Diet b/d Brain Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Whole Grain Corn, Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken Fat, Brewers Rice, Chicken Meal, Flaxseed, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil, Carrots, Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried Citrus Pulp, Lactic Acid, Spinach, L-Lysine, Potassium Chloride, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Lipoic Acid, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Iodized Salt, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Tryptophan, Taurine, Natural Flavors, L-Carnitine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Beta-Carotene

We specified the salt's position and marked it to help you evaluate the ingredients better with The Salt Divider.

organic chicken as a dog food ingredient

Whole Grain Corn contains bran, cereal germ, and endosperm as a whole instead of just the endosperm. Corn is a fibrous grain and it provides easily digestible carbohydrates that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.

Chicken is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs. It is filled with essential amino acids to build strong muscles and help to maintain organs and tissue.

In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega 6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.

Whole Grain Wheat contains the entire grain, including the germ, bran and endosperm. This means that it has more antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber than regular wheat.

Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.

Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.

Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Hill’s Prescription Diet b/d Brain Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food has 19.1% protein, 14.4% fat, 3% fiber, and % moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 58.5%.

The largest proportion of Carbohydrates in dog food is provided by starch and indeed dogs don't have carbohydrate requirement at all.

We calculated the starch ratio in Hill’s Prescription Diet b/d Brain Aging Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food as 58.5%. Basically, more than 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 Hill's>Prescription Diet kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (19.1%)

Starch (58.5 %)

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