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Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Puppy Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Lil' Plates Grain-Free Puppy Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Pea Protein. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 30.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 18.0%, fiber 4.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 30.5%
30%
18%
11%
31%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 30.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 488 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
30.5%
KCAL / CUP
488
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Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Puppy Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Meal

Chicken Meal

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

Pea Protein

The protein fraction separated out from peas after the starch and fiber have been removed.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,827 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
30.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.5%
Moisture (max.)
11.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
30.5%

488 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Pea Protein, Chicken Fat, Peas, Salmon Meal, Dried Egg Product, Potato Protein, Natural Flavor, Flaxseed, Miscanthus Grass, Dried Yeast, Salmon Oil, 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., Choline Chloride, Apples, Blueberries, MINERALS [Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Iodate], DL-Methionine, Sunflower Oil, Taurine, VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 Supplement], Mixed Tocopherols For Freshness, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract

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 30.0% 33.7% HIGH
FAT 18.0% 20.2% n/a
FIBER 4.5% 5.1% n/a
CARB (EST.) 30.5% 34.3% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 30.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
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What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
4 lb $19.99 $5.00 Yow Pet Supplies lowest of 6 stores
12 lb $41.99 $3.50 Yow Pet Supplies lowest of 5 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
2.2CUPS
    1,076 kcal281 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (488 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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