Hill’s Prescription Diet c/d Multicare + Metabolic Urinary + Weight Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Prescription Diet c/d Multicare + Metabolic Urinary + Weight Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Powdered Cellulose, Pea Fiber, and Chicken Meal.

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Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 27.5%

Crude Fat (min.): 12.5%

Crude Fiber (max.): 15%

Moisture (max.): %

Calories: 3,170 kcal/kg, 279 kcal/cup

Hill’s Prescription Diet c/d Multicare + Metabolic Urinary + Weight Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Powdered Cellulose, Pea Fiber, Chicken Meal, Dried Tomato Pomace, Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Coconut Oil, Pork Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, L-Lysine, Fish Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Carrots, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Glyceryl Monostearate, Iodized Salt, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Lipoic Acid, L-Tryptophan, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, L-Carnitine, Green Peas, Apples, Cranberries, Beta-Carotene, Broccoli

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

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

Corn Gluten Meal is the principal protein of corn. Despite the name, corn gluten does not contain true gluten which makes it 100% gluten-free indeed.

CGM has over 60% crude protein and good for digestibility.

Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.

Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Hill’s Prescription Diet c/d Multicare + Metabolic Urinary + Weight Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food has 27.5% protein, 12.5% fat, 15% fiber, and % moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 40%.

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 c/d Multicare + Metabolic Urinary + Weight Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food as 40%. Basically, around two fifth (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 Hill's>Prescription Diet kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (27.5%)

Starch (40 %)

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