Purina Pro Plan Adult Cognitive Health Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Pro Plan Adult Cognitive Health Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Poultry By-Product Meal, Rice, and Corn Gluten Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 26%

Crude Fat (min.): 16%

Crude Fiber (max.): 3%

Moisture (max.): 12%

Calories: 3,891 kcal/kg, 407 kcal/cup

Purina Pro Plan Adult Cognitive Health Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Poultry By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine), Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Barley, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-tocopherols, Oatmeal, Dried Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp, Fish Oil, Natural Flavor, L-arginine, Calcium Carbonate, Fish Meal (Source Of Glucosamine), Salt, Potassium Chloride, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, 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, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], L-lysine Monohydrochloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Garlic Oil.

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 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.

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.

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

Rice is a grain and considered to be a better than average carbohydrate source (basically starch). Although not as rich in nutrients a brown rice, white rice also provides some proteins, vitamins and minerals.

The kind of minerals and vitamins that can be found in rice include Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin E.

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.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Purina Pro Plan Adult Cognitive Health Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food has 26% protein, 16% fat, 3% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 38%.

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 Pro Plan Adult Cognitive Health Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food as 38%. Basically, around two fifth (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>Pro Plan kibble has less starch ratio than the average.

Protein (26%)

Starch (38 %)

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