MERRICK
Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, and Potatoes. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 33.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Lamb Meal
Lamb that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water removed.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,566 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 30.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 15.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 11.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 33.5%
393 kcal per cup. This food is 89% 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
Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes, Chickpeas, Potato Protein, Natural Flavor, Pea Protein, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Whitefish Meal, Salmon Oil, Apples, Flaxseed Oil, Blueberries, Inulin (from chicory root), Gelatin, 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., Organic Dried Alfalfa Meal, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate), Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate), Dried Bacillius coagulans Fermentation Product, 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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 30.0% | 33.7% | HIGH |
| FAT | 15.0% | 16.9% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 4.5% | 5.1% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 33.5% | 37.6% | TYPICAL |
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
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 | 33.7% | 36.0% | 32.3% |
| CARB, DM | 38% | 35% | 39% |
| STARCH RATIO | 33.5% | 31.5% | 37.84% |
| KCAL / CUP | 393 | 383 | 384 |
1 FDA Recall On Record
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
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.