MERRICK
Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Large Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Large Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Beef, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Whitefish Meal, and Oatmeal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 28.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Whitefish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 34.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 17.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 3.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 11.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 28.5%
This food is 89% 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
Deboned Beef, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Whitefish Meal, Oatmeal, Barley, Salmon Meal, Dried Egg Product, Chicken Fat, Natural Flavor, Quinoa, Bison, Beef Liver, Bison Liver, Flaxseed, Sunflower Oil, Beef Cartilage, 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., Salmon Oil, Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate), Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride). Citric Acid for freshness, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product
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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 34.0% | 38.2% | HIGH |
| FAT | 17.0% | 19.1% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 3.5% | 3.9% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 28.5% | 32.0% | TYPICAL |
Against The Line
Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Merrick range and the archive average.
| METRIC | THIS RECIPE | FULL SOURCE GRAIN-FREE | ARCHIVE AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN, DM | 38.2% | 36.0% | 32.3% |
| CARB, DM | 32% | 35% | 39% |
| STARCH RATIO | 28.5% | 31.5% | 37.84% |
| KCAL / CUP | -- | 383 | 384 |
1 FDA Recall On Record
Beef dog treat varieties Reflects the manufacturer, not this recipe.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.