
Solid Gold Sun Dancer Complete Health Chicken, Tapioca & Turmeric Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Solid Gold Sun Dancer Complete Health Chicken, Tapioca & Turmeric Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Tapioca, Peas, and Ocean Fish Meal.
Solid Gold Sun Dancer Complete Health Chicken, Tapioca & Turmeric Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients




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.
Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Tapioca is used as a non-nutritive binder in dog foods.
Peas are healthy, grain-free filter alternative that contain complex carbohydrates, fiber, protein, phytonutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. They are also rich in protein and high in fiber.
Lutein in peas is an anti-oxidant good for heart, skin, and eye health. Sterols content in peas help lowering cholesterol. However, peas may be related to Canine Heart Disease and FDA is actively investigating this. 93 percent of reported foods in DCM cases contained peas and/or lentils.
These particular components are considered meat concentrates and contain a great deal more protein than other sources of protein content.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Solid Gold Sun Dancer Complete Health Chicken, Tapioca & Turmeric Recipe Dry Dog Food has 28% protein, 16% fat, 5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 36%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Solid Gold Sun Dancer Complete Health Chicken, Tapioca & Turmeric Recipe Dry Dog Food as 36%. 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 Solid Gold kibble has less starch ratio than the average.