Purina Beneful Healthy Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Beneful Healthy Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Whole Grain Corn, and Soybean Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 28%

Crude Fat (min.): 14%

Crude Fiber (max.): 4%

Moisture (max.): 14%

Calories: 3614 kcal/kg (352 kcal/cup)

Purina Beneful Healthy Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Chicken, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, soybean meal, barley, rice, whole grain wheat, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols, glycerin, egg and chicken flavor, mono and dicalcium phosphate, fish oil, natural flavor, calcium carbonate, salt, oat meal, soy protein isolate, dried peas, dried carrots, potassium chloride, iron oxide (color), 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)], choline chloride, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine monohydrochloride

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 by-products meal 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 By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.

Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.

Corn Gluten Meal is the principal protein of corn. Despite the name, corn gluten does not contain true gluten which makes it 100% gluten-free indeed.

CGM has over 60% crude protein and good for digestibility.

Whole Grain Corn contains bran, cereal germ, and endosperm as a whole instead of just the endosperm. Corn is a fibrous grain and it provides easily digestible carbohydrates that makes it a key energy source. Also corn has linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid to maintain healthy skin, coat and immune system.

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.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Purina Beneful Healthy Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food has 28% protein, 14% fat, 4% fiber, and 14% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 35%.

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 Purina Beneful Healthy Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Dry Dog Food as 35%. Basically, around one third 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 Purina>Beneful kibble has less starch ratio than the average.

Protein (28%)

Starch (35 %)

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