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Purina Beneful Grain-Free Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Beneful Grain-Free Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Pea Starch, Cassava Root Flour, Chicken Meal, and Soybean Germ Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 24.0%, fat 13.0%, fibre 5.0%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 40.0%
24%
13%
12%
40%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 40.0% of this cup, close to the site average. Protein comes in at 24.0%. One cup carries 351 kcal.
PROTEIN
24.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
40.0%
KCAL / CUP
351
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FIRST 5 OF 22 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,542 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
24.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
13.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
40.0%

351 kcal per cup. This food is 88% 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

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, pea starch, cassava root flour, chicken meal, soybean germ meal, soybean meal, canola meal, beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, dried beet pulp, natural flavor, soybean oil, mono and dicalcium phosphate, 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., blueberries, dried pumpkin, dried spinach, potassium chloride, choline chloride, calcium carbonate, taurine, MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), biotin (Vitamin B-7)]

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.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 24.0% 27.3% TYPICAL
FAT 13.0% 14.8% n/a
FIBRE 5.0% 5.7% n/a
CARB (EST.) 40.0% 45.5% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 40.0% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Purina>Beneful range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE PURINA BENEFUL HEALTHY ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 27.3% 32.6% 32.3%
CARB, DM 46% 40% 39%
STARCH RATIO 40.0% 34.0% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 351 352 384
RECALL HISTORY // PURINA>BENEFUL

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Purina>Beneful. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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