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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%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 34.0%, fat 17.0%, fibre 3.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 28.5%
34%
17%
11%
29%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 28.5% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 34.0%.
PROTEIN
34.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
28.5%
KCAL / CUP
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FIRST 5 OF 31 COMPONENTS

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

SALT DIVIDER

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.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
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
STARCH RATIO 28.5% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
BENCHMARK

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
RECALL HISTORY // MERRICK

1 FDA Recall On Record

MAR 27, 2020
INGREDIENT LEVEL

‎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

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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