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Horizon Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Horizon Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Chicken, Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Oats, and Whole Grain Rye. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 41.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 24.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 5.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 41.0%
24%
14%
10%
41%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 41.0% of this cup, close to the site average. Protein comes in at 24.0%. One cup carries 408 kcal.
PROTEIN
24.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
41.0%
KCAL / CUP
408
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FIRST 5 OF 57 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,665 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
24.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
41.0%

408 kcal per cup. This food is 90% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

Chicken Meal, Chicken, Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Oats, Whole Grain Rye, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Flaxseed, Alfalfa Meal, Natural Chicken Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Egg Product, Carrots, Apples, Broccoli, Bok Choy, Cabbage, Blueberries, Choline Chloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, L-lysine, Dl-methionine, Fructooligosaccharides, Taurine, Dried Sacharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Extract, Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Pineapple, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Rhizopus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Bifidum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, D-calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Source Of Vitamin C), Ferrous Sulphate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Sulphate, Zinc Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Sulphate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Selenium Yeast, Magnesium Oxide

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 24.0% 26.7% TYPICAL
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBRE 5.0% 5.6% n/a
CARB (EST.) 41.0% 45.6% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 41.0% ARCHIVE AVG 38.51%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
--
KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Horizon range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE AMICUS GRAIN-FREE ADULT ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 26.7% 33.3% 29.3%
CARB, DM 46% 38% 43%
STARCH RATIO 41.0% 33.8% 38.51%
KCAL / CUP 408 440 398
RECALL HISTORY // HORIZON

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Horizon. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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