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Merrick Healthy Grains Kitchen Comforts Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Healthy Grains Kitchen Comforts Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, and Oat Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 26.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 26.0%, fat 15.0%, fibre 14.5%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 26.5%
26%
15%
15%
12%
27%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 26.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 26.0%. One cup carries 420 kcal.
PROTEIN
26.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
26.5%
KCAL / CUP
420
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FIRST 5 OF 23 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
26.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
15.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
14.5%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
26.5%

420 kcal per cup. This food is 88% 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, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, Oat Meal, Canola Meal, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols, Natural Flavor, Dried Yeast, Dried Beet Pulp, Fish Oil, Lamb Meal, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Sunflower Oil, Quinoa, Carrots, Apples, Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Taurine, Choline Chloride, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 Supplement], Calcium Carbonate. G290725

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 26.0% 29.5% TYPICAL
FAT 15.0% 17.0% n/a
FIBRE 14.5% 16.5% n/a
CARB (EST.) 26.5% 30.1% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 26.5% KIBBLE AVG 37.98%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
--CUPS
    -- kcal

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (420 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    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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