MERRICK · LIMITED INGREDIENT DIET
Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Salmon, Salmon Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Peas. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Salmon Meal
Salmon 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.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
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
- 3,548 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%
376 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 Salmon, Salmon Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Peas, Sunflower Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Pea Protein, Potato 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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 24.0% | 27.0% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 14.0% | 15.7% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 4.5% | 5.1% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 40.5% | 45.5% | HIGH |
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 | BACKCOUNTRY RAW INFUSED | ARCHIVE AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN, DM | 27.0% | 38.2% | 29.3% |
| CARB, DM | 46% | 32% | 43% |
| STARCH RATIO | 40.5% | 28.5% | 38.51% |
| KCAL / CUP | 376 | 391 | 398 |
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.