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PURINA>PRO PLAN

Purina Pro Plan Adult Weight Management Shredded Blend Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Pro Plan Adult Weight Management Shredded Blend Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Rice, Whole Grain Corn, Poultry By-Product Meal, and Corn Germ Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 27.0%, fat 9.0%, fibre 5.5%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 40.5%
27%
9%
12%
41%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 40.5% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 27.0%. One cup carries 330 kcal.
PROTEIN
27.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
40.5%
KCAL / CUP
330
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FIRST 4 OF 26 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,578 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
27.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.5%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
40.5%

330 kcal per cup. This food is 88% 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

Chicken, Rice, Whole Grain Corn, Poultry By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine), Corn Germ Meal, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Fish Meal (Source Of Glucosamine), Natural Flavor, Glycerin, Wheat Bran, 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., Soybean Oil, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Choline Chloride, 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), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Biotin (Vitamin B-7)], Dl-methionine, L-lysine Monohydrochloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Garlic Oil

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 27.0% 30.7% HIGH
FAT 9.0% 10.2% n/a
FIBRE 5.5% 6.3% n/a
CARB (EST.) 40.5% 46.0% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 40.5% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
--
KCAL
THIS FOOD
--
CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Purina>Pro Plan range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE PURINA PRO PLAN ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 30.7% 31.8% 32.3%
CARB, DM 46% 41% 39%
STARCH RATIO 40.5% 36.3% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 330 480 384
RECALL HISTORY // PURINA>PRO PLAN

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Purina>Pro Plan. 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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