Purina Puppy Chow Large Breed Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Purina Puppy Chow Large Breed Dry Dog Food are Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Rice, and Soybean Meal.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 27.5%

Crude Fat (min.): 10%

Crude Fiber (max.): 5%

Moisture (max.): 12%

Calories: 3,754 kcal/kg, 387 kcal/cup

Purina Puppy Chow Large Breed Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Rice, Soybean Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Egg And Chicken Flavor, Chicken, Natural Liver Flavor, Barley, Soybean Hulls, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, Fish Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite)] L-lysine Monohydrochloride, 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)], L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Dl-methionine, Red 40, Blue 2, Garlic Oil.

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

Chicken by-products meal as a dog food ingredient

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.

Chicken By-Product Meal is rendered mix of less desirable parts (eg. gizzards, giblets, feet), internal organs (eg. lungs, spleen, liver, heart, kidneys) and bones of a chicken.

Chicken by-products are protein rich like chicken and also it's a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.

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.

Rice provides very digestible carbohydrates.

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 Puppy Chow Large Breed Dry Dog Food has 27.5% protein, 10% fat, 5% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 40.5%.

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 Puppy Chow Large Breed Dry Dog Food as 40.5%. 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>Puppy Chow kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (27.5%)

Starch (40.5 %)

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