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

Top 4 ingredients of Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, and Brewers Rice.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 20%

Crude Fat (min.): 12%

Crude Fiber (max.): 3.5%

Moisture (max.): 10%

Calories: 3,617 kcal/kg, 335 kcal/cup

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

Chicken, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Split Peas, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Whole Flaxseed, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Whole Grain Barley, Potassium Chloride, 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.

Whole grain source of easily digestible carbohydrates.

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.

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

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food has 20% protein, 12% fat, 3.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 49.5%.

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 Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food as 49.5%. 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 (20%)

Starch (49.5 %)

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