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Purina Pro Plan Senior Beef And Rice Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Pro Plan Senior Beef And Rice Dry Dog Food are Beef, Rice, Poultry By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, and Corn Protein Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 36.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 29.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 3.0%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 36.0%
29%
14%
12%
36%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 36.0% of this cup, close to the kibble average. Protein comes in at 29.0%. One cup carries 400 kcal.
PROTEIN
29.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
36.0%
KCAL / CUP
400
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FIRST 5 OF 29 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,892 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
29.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
36.0%

400 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

Beef, Rice, Poultry By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Corn Protein Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols, Corn Germ Meal, Barley, Dried Egg Product, Fish Meal, Natural Flavor, Fish Oil, Glycerin, Wheat Bran, Calcium Carbonate, Soybean Oil, 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., Potassium Chloride, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, MINERALS [Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, 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), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Biotin (Vitamin B-7)], Choline Chloride, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Dl-Methionine, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, 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 29.0% 33.0% HIGH
FAT 14.0% 15.9% n/a
FIBRE 3.0% 3.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 36.0% 40.9% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 36.0% KIBBLE AVG 37.98%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
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    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (400 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    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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