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Merrick has replaced this recipe with Kitchen Comforts Small Breed Recipe Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food.

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MERRICK · HEALTHY GRAINS

Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Small Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Small Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, and Oat Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 25.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 27.0%, fat 16.0%, fiber 14.0%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 25.0%
27%
16%
14%
12%
25%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 25.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 27.0%. One cup carries 467 kcal. The label figure we hold lists 14.0% crude fiber, far above typical kibble. If that is a misprint, the starch estimate here is too low. We are re-checking the bag.
PROTEIN
27.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
25.0%
KCAL / CUP
467
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Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Small Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 23 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Meal

Chicken Meal

Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Brown Rice

Brown Rice

Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Barley

Barley

The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.

Oat Meal

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
27.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
16.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
14.0%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
25.0%

467 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, Oat Meal, Canola Meal, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols, Natural Flavor, Dried Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Dried Egg Product, Fish Oil, Lamb Meal, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Quinoa, Carrots, Apples, Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Taurine, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate

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 27.0% 30.7% HIGH
FAT 16.0% 18.2% n/a
FIBER 14.0% 15.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 25.0% 28.4% LOW
STARCH RATIO 25.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
4 lb $19.99 $5.00 Walmart lowest of 2 stores
12 lb $44.99LIVE $3.75 PetSmart lowest of 6 stores

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 11. Others are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.3CUPS
    1,076 kcal

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (467 kcal per cup). 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

    Full Source Grain-Free Raw-Coated Kibble with Beef & Bison 36.0% Full Source Grain-Free Raw-Coated Kibble with Chicken & Duck 38.2% Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 29.2% Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 33.7%

    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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