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Merrick Grain-Free Real Rabbit + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Merrick Grain-Free Real Rabbit + Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Rabbit, Chicken Meal, Pork Meal, Peas, and Sweet Potatoes. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 29.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Rabbit
The clean flesh of the rabbit, used fresh.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Pork Meal
Pork that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Our read The ingredients
Rabbit leads the name, chicken and pork do the work
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Real rabbit
Our first 5 ingredients: deboned rabbit, chicken meal, pork meal, peas, sweet potatoes
What it is Deboned rabbit, first on the list and weighed with its water before cooking. Chicken meal and pork meal, already dried down, sit second and third.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Raw meat is about 70% water, so after cooking the rabbit likely shrinks below the two meals behind it. Your dog gets a chicken and pork food with rabbit in the mix.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Rabbit tops the list, but chicken meal and pork meal follow right behind. As dry meals, they likely supply more of the protein.
- 1 Deboned Rabbit
- 2 Chicken Meal
- 3 Pork Meal
- 12 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,660 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 34.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 16.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 3.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 11.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 29.5%
387 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Deboned Rabbit, Chicken Meal, Pork Meal, Peas, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Pea Protein, Chicken Fat, Natural Flavor, Sunflower Oil, Flaxseed, 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., Salmon Oil, Organic Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Apples, Blueberries, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate), Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols for Freshness, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Citric Acid for Freshness, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product
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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 34.0% | 38.2% | HIGH |
| FAT | 16.0% | 18.0% | n/a |
| FIBER | 3.5% | 3.9% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 29.5% | 33.1% | TYPICAL |
Our read The label
High protein, moderate starch, an ordinary cup
38%
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
About 38% on a dry basis against 30% for the average dry food we list. Pea protein, seventh on the list, props up part of that.
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Is a cup a normal cup?
Yes
387 kcal a cup, about 2% under the average dry food we list. Switching from a typical kibble, keep the scoop the same.
- Feed it to
- Active adults that do well on chicken and pork, and owners who want more protein and less starch than most kibble.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken or pork, rabbit-only elimination trials, and dogs on a low-fat diet.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (387 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Beef dog treat varieties Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.
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