Verus Adult Maintenance Lamb Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Verus Adult Maintenance Lamb Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food are Lamb Meal, Ground Oat Groats, Ground Brown Rice, Rice Bran, and Ground Grain Sorghum.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min.): 22%

Crude Fat (min.): 10%

Crude Fiber (max.): 4.5%

Moisture (max.): 10%

Calories: 3,184.37 kcal/kg, 361 kcal/cup

Verus Adult Maintenance Lamb Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food Ingredients

Lamb Meal, Ground Oat Groats, Ground Brown Rice, Rice Bran, Ground Grain Sorghum, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Kelp, Natural Flavors, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Pediococcus acidilactici Fermentation Product, Salt, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Calcium Carbonate, Niacin Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, L-Carnitine, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Betaine Anhydrous, Iron Proteinate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate

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Lamb Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole lambs that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. This is a combination of the flesh, bone, as well as the skin of the lamb. It's better to check the quality of the source otherwise, traces of unremoved wool and grain (from the stomach) can be food.

Lamb meal promotes a healthy heart as well as healthy skin! For dogs with sensitivities, lamb meal is a highly digestible protein source providing essential amino acids and fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals for muscle development and energy.

This ingredient is a highly digestible grain source of carbohydrates and is a great choice for puppies. Brown rice also provides some protein and fiber to this puppy food. Rice is also considered to be gluten-free which can be important for those individuals who are sensitive to this.

Is the outer husk and germ of a grain of rice. It is a rich source of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber.

Is grain cereal with a high starch content and a nutritional profile similar to corn. Sorghum is gluten free and may have less of a blood sugar impact than some other starchy grains.

Starch Meter

According to the guaranteed analysis, Verus Adult Maintenance Lamb Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food has 22% protein, 10% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 48.5%.

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 Verus Adult Maintenance Lamb Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula Dry Dog Food as 48.5%. Basically, 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 Verus kibble has more starch ratio than the average.

Protein (22%)

Starch (48.5 %)

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