Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Beef Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Beef Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Corn, Poultry By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat, and Soybean Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 21%

Crude Fat (min.): 10%

Crude Fiber (max.): 4.5%

Moisture (max.): 12%

Calories: 3,600 kcal/kg, 421 kcal/cup

Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Beef Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Whole Grain Corn, Poultry By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal, Meat And Bone Meal, Ground Rice, Beef, Egg And Chicken Flavor, Natural Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, L-lysine Monohydrochloride, 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)], Yellow 6, Yellow 5, L-tryptophan, Red 40, Blue 2

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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.

Poultry by-product meal is a high source of protein.

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.

Is a source of essential amino acids which are essential to your dog’s overall health and well-being. The fat also adds some extra flavor to this dry dog food formula.

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 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Beef Dry Dog Food has 21% protein, 10% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 47.5%.

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 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Beef Dry Dog Food as 47.5%. 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 Purina>Dog Chow kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (21%)

Starch (47.5 %)

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