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Merrick Backcountry Grain Free Real Beef Wet Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Backcountry Grain Free Real Beef Wet Dog Food are Deboned Beef, Beef Broth, Beef Liver, Dried Egg Product, and Natural Flavor. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.0%.

Starch works out at 0.0% of this food as fed, below the wet food average. Protein comes in at 10.0%. One can carries 395 kcal.
PROTEIN
10.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
0.0%
KCAL / CAN
395
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Merrick Backcountry Grain Free Real Beef Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 14 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Broth

Beef Broth

The liquid produced by simmering beef, used to add moisture and flavor.
Beef Liver

Beef Liver

The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Dried Egg Product

Dried Egg Product

Egg content dried and processed into a concentrated, stable ingredient.

Natural Flavor

A flavoring derived from an animal or plant source, added to improve taste.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,099 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
10.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
6.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.4%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
0.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Deboned Beef, Beef Broth, Beef Liver, Dried Egg Product, Natural Flavor, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Locust Bean Gum, Potassium Chloride, Guar Gum, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin), Taurine, Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Selenite)

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 10.0% 45.5% HIGH
FAT 6.0% 27.3% n/a
FIBER 1.4% 6.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 0.0% 11.8% LOW
STARCH RATIO 0.0% WET FOOD AVG 4.2%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.7CANS
    1,076 kcal34.5 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,099 kcal per kg, 395 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // MERRICK

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    MAY 23, 2018
    INGREDIENT LEVEL

    ‎Beef dog treat varieties Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Backcountry Grain Free Real Chicken 45.5% Lil’ Plates Small Breed Thanksgiving 44.4% Lil’ Plates Small Breed Grain Free Duck 44.4% Lil’ Plates Small Breed Chicken 44.4%

    Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

    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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