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Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food are Brewers Rice, Soybean Meal, Barley, Canola Oil, and Dicalcium Phosphate.

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.): 22%
Crude Fat (min.): 8%
Crude Fiber (max.): 4.4%
Moisture (max.): 10%
Calories: 3,310 kcal/kg, 295 kcal/cup

Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Brewer's Rice, Soybean Meal, Barley, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Natural Flavor, Salt, Carrots, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate [source of Vitamin C], Inositol, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, D-calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Beta-carotene, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Choline Chloride, Onion Extract, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid (used as a preservative), Rosemary Extract
We specified the salt's position and marked it to help you evaluate the ingredients better with The Salt Divider.
Brewers Rice in dog food

Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.

Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility

Is a high quality protein ingredient, though obviously less ideal than meat. Some critics contend that this kind of bean may cause allergic issues in canines, though opinions vary widely.

Barley is source of carbohydrates for energy, B vitamins and fiber for a healthy digestive system. In some cases it has been known to lower cholesterol. It's a good alternative grain for dogs that are allergic to corn or wheat.

This ingredient helps to keep the skin healthy and the coat shiny.

Added as a source of calcium to help build strong bones.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 8% fat, 4.4% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 50.6%.

The largest proportion of Carbohydrates in dog food is provided by starch and indeed dogs don't have carbohydrate requirement at all.

We calculated the starch ratio in Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food as 50.6%. Basically, more than half of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.

Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Nature's Recipe kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (22%)
Starch (50.6 %)

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