Nutro Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Nutro Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, and Rice Bran.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 28%

Crude Fat (min.): 15%

Crude Fiber (max.): 4%

Moisture (max.): 10%

Calories: 3,706 kcal/kg, 360 kcal/cup

Nutro Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Whole Gain Oatmeal, Natural Flavor, Potato Protein, Lamb Meal, Salmon Meal, Pea Protein, Whole Flaxseed, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Fish Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Source of DHA), Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Salt, Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid (a Preservative), Dried Coconut, Whole Chia Seed, Dried Egg Product, Tomato Pomace, Dried Kale, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Spinach, Dried Blueberries, Dried Apples, Dried Carrots, Zinc Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Selenium Yeast, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract

We specified the salt's position and marked it to help you evaluate the ingredients better with The Salt Divider.

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.

Is a high quality grain ingredient for a dry dog food. Its carbohydrate content is superior to many grain ingredients in more common dog foods.

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 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 Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food has 28% protein, 15% fat, 4% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 38%.

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 Ultra Puppy Dry Dog Food as 38%. Basically, around two fifth (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>Ultra kibble has less starch ratio than the average.

Protein (28%)

Starch (38 %)

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