Purina Dog Chow Tender & Crunchy Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Dog Chow Tender & Crunchy Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Meat and Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, and Soybean Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 21%

Crude Fat (min.): 10%

Crude Fiber (max.): 4%

Moisture (max.): 14%

Calories: 3,466 kcal/kg, 368 kcal/cup

Purina Dog Chow Tender & Crunchy Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Meat And Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Lamb, Egg And Chicken Flavor, Glycerin, Ground Rice, Sugar, Poultry And Pork Digest, Salt, Potassium Chloride, L-lysine Monohydrochloride, Choline Chloride, 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)], Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2, Garlic Oil.

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

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.

Whole Grain Wheat contains the entire grain, including the germ, bran and endosperm. This means that it has more antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber than regular wheat.

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 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 Tender & Crunchy Dry Dog Food has 21% protein, 10% fat, 4% fiber, and 14% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 46%.

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 Tender & Crunchy Dry Dog Food as 46%. 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 (46 %)

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