Merrick offers an expansive range of protein-rich dog food formulas designed to address allergy problems in pets. Additionally, they have developed specific solutions designed specifically to aid these special pups!
This recipe is a high-protein formula designed for adult dogs. Real deboned chicken serves as its primary meat source, supplemented by turkey meal and fish meal for additional protein content. Carbs include barley, oatmeal and quinoa for carbohydrates while pork fat and sunflower oil provide essential omegas.
Contents
Protein
This food boasts an above-average protein content, with deboned beef providing its primary source. Lamb and rabbit also contribute significantly, creating an appealing raw diet formula free from grains.
This ancestral diet recipe combines kibble and freeze-dried raw pieces for easy, safe eating. Real deboned beef serves as the basis of this grain-free dish crafted in Merrick’s Hereford kitchen in the US and cooked using American standards.
This recipe is specially crafted without peas or lentils to offer high levels of protein along with nutritious grains, along with leading levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that support healthy skin and coat, plus glucosamine and chondroitin to support joint health. Ultimately, this grain-free formula offers a balanced diet for all life stages of dogs.
Fat
Merrick recipes offer plenty of energy from animal fat. In addition, they feature high-quality carbohydrates like sweet potatoes and oatmeal for long-term energy provision and nutrition, along with vegetables and fruit for fiber and vitamins. Many recipes also incorporate organ meats for additional flavor and health benefits.
Merrick’s recipes also incorporate legume ingredients like Pea Protein and Potato Protein to increase protein content but still offer essential nutrition. These additions provide extra satiation without increasing overall caloric intake as they have lower nutritional values than meat products.
Limited Ingredient Line from Petcurean offers several choices that are designed specifically to address allergies in dogs. These recipes contain only 10 or fewer ingredients and are free from gluten, grains, poultry meat, beef or pork ingredients.
Carbohydrates
Merrick offers an expansive range of dog foods for various sizes and breeds, including small breeds, large breeds and special options made specifically for senior dogs.
Sweet potatoes provide a healthy dose of fiber for digestion and provide quick energy boosts to keep your pet going strong. In addition, there are high-quality ingredients such as pork fat, sunflower oil and salmon oil included that provide instantaneous energy boosters for your pet’s diet.
This dish includes various animal proteins, such as deboned beef. Whole grains and vegetables provide fiber-rich diet. Omega fatty acids, chondroitin, and green-lipped mussel support joint health in this recipe.
Vitamins
Merrick Backcountry’s grain free dog food features raw-infused kibble and freeze dried raw bites made with real deboned beef as the first ingredient, combined with lamb and rabbit as digestible components to produce a highly digestible grain free formula that dogs love!
This recipe features high levels of omega fatty acids to support skin and coat health, along with chondroitin and glucosamine for hips and joints. Ideal for active dogs needing extra energy boost!
Organic blueberries are an excellent natural source of fiber and vitamins, providing A, C, K as well as manganese, potassium, and copper – providing an alternative to synthetic prebiotics that may harm your gut. Plus this food features other fruits and veggies such as apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, and greens!
Minerals
Merrick’s food recipes contain an assortment of meats and fish. Furthermore, they boast natural ingredients, pre/probiotics, vitamins/minerals, as well as plenty of essential dietary components such as proteins and amino acids for an optimal diet for your dog. Along with high levels of proteins as well as glucosamine/chondroitin/taurine blends they also offer special Lil’ Plates recipes with lower ingredients levels for small breeds allowing easier digestion.
Merrick Pet Foods have been crafting pet food in their own kitchens since 1988, believing whole foods to be more effective than scientific formulas. Their hand-crafted recipes, made in Texas and using deboned chicken protein and healthy grains, fruits, and vegetables as the basis of each recipe; never adding corn, soy, wheat or fillers into their products – their recipes include cartilage and organ meats as well.
