Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Brewers Rice, and Corn Gluten Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 19%

Crude Fat (min.): 12%

Crude Fiber (max.): 3%

Moisture (max.): 10%

Calories: 3,696 kcal/kg, 367 kcal/cup

Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Cracked Pearled Barley, Chicken Fat, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Dried Beet Pulp, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed, Iodized Salt, Choline 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), Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, 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.

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.

Brown rice is a wholesome source of fiber and carbohydrates. A perfect choice for dogs, because this kind of complex carbohydrate is easier for them to digest than other kinds of carbohydrates, such as corn and wheat.

Brown rice is low in fat and is an excellent fiber source which promotes digestive health. It is also a good source of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids as well as Vitamin E.

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.

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.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food has 19% protein, 12% fat, 3% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 51%.

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 Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food as 51%. 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>Science Diet kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (19%)

Starch (51 %)

More Dog Food Reviews of Hill's>Science Diet