Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Rice Bran, and Split Peas.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 22%

Crude Fat (min.): 7%

Crude Fiber (max.): 11%

Moisture (max.): 10%

Calories: 3,049 kcal/kg, 245 kcal/cup

Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Whole Grain Sorghum, Rice Bran, Split Peas, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Powdered Cellulose, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Natural Flavor, Whole Flaxseed, Brewers Rice, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Potassium Chloride, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Salt, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Chia Seed, Dried Coconut, Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried Egg Product, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Kale, Dried Spinach, Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract

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organic chicken as a dog food ingredient

Chicken is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs. It is filled with essential amino acids to build strong muscles and help to maintain organs and tissue.

In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega 6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.

Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.

Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.

Whole Grain Sorghum is a good source of complex carbohydrates, which provide a slow-burning source of energy for dogs. It is also naturally gluten-free, making it a suitable ingredient for dogs with sensitivities to wheat or other gluten-containing grains. Additionally, it is high in fiber, and this supports healthy digestion.

Is the outer husk and germ of a grain of rice. It is a rich source of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 7% fat, 11% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 45%.

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 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food as 45%. Basically, almost 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 Nutro>Natural Choice kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (22%)

Starch (45 %)

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