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Merrick Grain-Free Real Venison + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Grain-Free Real Venison + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Venison, Turkey Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Chicken Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 31.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 32.0%, fat 16.0%, fiber 3.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 31.5%
32%
16%
11%
32%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 31.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 32.0%. One cup carries 385 kcal.
PROTEIN
32.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
31.5%
KCAL / CUP
385
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Merrick Grain-Free Real Venison + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 30 COMPONENTS
Venison

Venison

The clean flesh of deer, used fresh.
Turkey Meal

Turkey Meal

Turkey that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Potatoes

Potatoes

The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Chicken Meal

Chicken Meal

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

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,639 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
32.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
16.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
11.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
31.5%

385 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Deboned Venison, Turkey Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat, Pork Meal, Natural Flavor, Potato Protein, Pea Protein, Flaxseed, Sunflower Oil, Salmon Oil, 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., Potassium Chloride, Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Choline Chloride, Apples, Blueberries, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate), Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, 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), Mixed Tocopherols for Freshness, 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 32.0% 36.0% HIGH
FAT 16.0% 18.0% n/a
FIBER 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 31.5% 35.4% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 31.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.8CUPS
    1,076 kcal296 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (385 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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