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Merrick Healthy Grains Healthy Weight Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Healthy Grains Healthy Weight Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, and Barley. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 38.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 26.0%, fat 9.0%, fiber 10.0%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 38.0%
26%
9%
10%
11%
38%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 38.0% of this cup, close to the kibble average. Protein comes in at 26.0%. One cup carries 385 kcal.
PROTEIN
26.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
38.0%
KCAL / CUP
385
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FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,357 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
26.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
10.0%
Moisture (max.)
11.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
38.0%

385 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley, Turkey Meal, Miscanthus Grass, Quinoa, Natural Flavor, Chicken Fat, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, 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., Apples, Carrots, Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, 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, L-Carnitine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Niacin, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement), 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 26.0% 29.2% TYPICAL
FAT 9.0% 10.1% n/a
FIBER 10.0% 11.2% n/a
CARB (EST.) 38.0% 42.7% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 38.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
4 lb $19.98 $5.00 Chewy lowest of 3 stores
25 lb $72.98 $2.92 Walmart lowest of 2 stores

Prices 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
2.8CUPS
    1,076 kcal321 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

    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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