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Purina Dog Chow Soft Bites Smoked Chicken Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Dog Chow Soft Bites Smoked Chicken Dry Dog Food are Beef by-product, soy flour, soy grits, high fructose corn syrup, and water. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 29.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 20.0%, fat 8.5%, fibre 3.0%, moisture 33.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 29.5%
20%
9%
33%
30%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 29.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 20.0%.
PROTEIN
20.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
29.5%
KCAL / CUP
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FIRST 5 OF 26 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
8.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
33.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
29.5%

This food is 67% 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

Beef by-product, soy flour, soy grits, high fructose corn syrup, water, wheat flour, corn syrup, chicken, soy protein isolate, phosphoric acid, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, calcium carbonate, 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., vegetable oil, sorbic acid (a preservative), dried spinach, calcium propionate (a preservative), natural smoke flavor, DL-Methionine, 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), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin B-12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7)], choline chloride, ethoxyquin (a preservative), Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1

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 20.0% 29.9% TYPICAL
FAT 8.5% 12.7% n/a
FIBRE 3.0% 4.5% n/a
CARB (EST.) 29.5% 44.0% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 29.5% KIBBLE AVG 37.98%
RECALL HISTORY // PURINA

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Purina. 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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