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MERRICK · LIMITED INGREDIENT DIET

Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Peas. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 24.0%, fat 14.0%, fiber 4.5%, moisture 11.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 40.5%
24%
14%
11%
41%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 40.5% of this cup, above the kibble average. Protein comes in at 24.0%. One cup carries 387 kcal.
PROTEIN
24.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
40.5%
KCAL / CUP
387
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Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 19 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.
Peas

Peas

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

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,651 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
24.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.5%
Moisture (max.)
11.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
40.5%

387 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, Peas, Chicken Fat, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potato Protein, Pea Protein, 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, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Iodate), DL-Methionine, Taurine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Mixed Tocopherols For Freshness, Citric Acid For Freshness

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 24.0% 27.0% TYPICAL
FAT 14.0% 15.7% n/a
FIBER 4.5% 5.1% n/a
CARB (EST.) 40.5% 45.5% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 40.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.8CUPS
    1,076 kcal295 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (387 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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