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Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper

Top 4 ingredients of Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper are Chicken Bone Broth, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, and Parsley. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.0%.

Starch works out at 0.0% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 3.0%. One cup carries 26 kcal.
PROTEIN
3.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
0.0%
KCAL / CUP
26
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Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper

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FIRST 2 OF 5 COMPONENTS
Chicken Bone Broth

Chicken Bone Broth

Broth produced by simmering chicken bones, used as a liquid in the recipe.
Parsley

Parsley

The leaf of the parsley plant, used in small quantities.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
110 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
3.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
0.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
97.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
0.0%

26 kcal per cup. This food is 3% 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 Bone Broth, Sweet Potato, Apple, Parsley, Turmeric (Spice)

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 3.0% 100.0% HIGH
FAT 0.0% 0.0% n/a
FIBRE 1.0% 33.3% n/a
CARB (EST.) 0.0% 0.0% LOW
STARCH RATIO 0.0% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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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 Merrick range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE FULL SOURCE GRAIN-FREE ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 100.0% 36.0% 32.3%
CARB, DM 0% 35% 39%
STARCH RATIO 0.0% 31.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 26 383 384
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

SAME LINE

Other Flavours

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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