Hill’s Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food are Lamb Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Corn Gluten Meal, and Powdered Cellulose.

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Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 27%

Crude Fat (min.): 12%

Crude Fiber (max.): 13.4%

Moisture (max.): %

Calories: 3,116 kcal/kg, 256 kcal/cup

Hill’s Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food Ingredients

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

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

Lamb Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole lambs that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. This is a combination of the flesh, bone, as well as the skin of the lamb. It's better to check the quality of the source otherwise, traces of unremoved wool and grain (from the stomach) can be food.

Lamb meal promotes a healthy heart as well as healthy skin! For dogs with sensitivities, lamb meal is a highly digestible protein source providing essential amino acids and fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals for muscle development and energy.

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

Whole Grain Sorghum is a good source of complex carbohydrates, which provide a slow-burning source of energy for dogs. It is also naturally gluten-free, making it a suitable ingredient for dogs with sensitivities to wheat or other gluten-containing grains. Additionally, it is high in fiber, and this supports healthy digestion.

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.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Hill’s Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food has 27% protein, 12% fat, 13.4% fiber, and % moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 42.6%.

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 Metabolic Weight Management Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food as 42.6%. 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%)

Starch (42.6 %)

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