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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%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 15.0%, fiber 4.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 33.5%
30%
15%
11%
34%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 33.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 393 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
33.5%
KCAL / CUP
393
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Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS
Lamb

Lamb

The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Lamb Meal

Lamb Meal

Lamb 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.
Peas

Peas

The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Potatoes

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.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

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.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 30.0% 33.7% HIGH
FAT 15.0% 16.9% n/a
FIBER 4.5% 5.1% n/a
CARB (EST.) 33.5% 37.6% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 33.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.7CUPS
    1,076 kcal302 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (393 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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