Hill’s Prescription Diet u/d Urinary Care Original Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Prescription Diet u/d Urinary Care Original Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Corn Starch, Pork Fat, Egg Product, and Powdered Cellulose.

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Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 10.4%

Crude Fat (min.): 20.3%

Crude Fiber (max.): 3.5%

Moisture (max.): %

Calories: 4,015 kcal/kg, 398 kcal/cup

Hill’s Prescription Diet u/d Urinary Care Original Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Brewers Rice, Corn Starch, Pork Fat, Egg Product, Powdered Cellulose, Chicken Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Lactic Acid, Potassium Citrate, Soybean Oil, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Dried Beet Pulp, L-Threonine, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, L-Tryptophan, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, Beta-Carotene

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

Egg Product is a processed form of egg that has been powdered, or otherwise treated to extend its shelf life. It may contain whole eggs, egg whites, or egg yolks.

Egg product is a good source of protein and other essential nutrients for dogs. It is also highly digestible, making it easy for dogs to absorb and utilize the nutrients it contains.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Hill’s Prescription Diet u/d Urinary Care Original Dry Dog Food has 10.4% protein, 20.3% fat, 3.5% fiber, and % moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 60.8%.

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 u/d Urinary Care Original Dry Dog Food as 60.8%. 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 (10.4%)

Starch (60.8 %)

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