Orijen Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food

Orijen Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food is a grain-free formula, containing a rich balance of premium animal ingredients (85%) with fruits, vegetables and botanicals (15%) that young dogs would encounter in a wilderness setting. Free-run chicken and turkey, whole eggs and wild-caught fish are farmed or fished within the Kentucky region by people known and trusted by Champion Petfoods. Quality is never outsourced! The first 5 ingredients are FRESH MEAT, which are low in calcium and phosphorus, helping to make the formula balanced! Using this high amount of fresh meat gives the kibble a unique shape, smell and color. And although your puppy may look very different from a grey wolf, they share the same eating anatomy as a carnivore with a diet rich in meat, not carbohydrates or grains.

Orijen Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food is bursting with the protein-packed, veterinary-inspected meats that form a Biologically Appropriate diet of 38% protein and 20% low-glycemic carbohydrates. The potential oversupply of calcium and phosphorus in high-protein dog foods is cause for concern. High inclusions of chicken and fish meal used to increase protein levels also provide a rich source of minerals and push calcium and phosphorus levels to the upper allowable limits of, respectively, 1.7% and 1.4%. This is a common concern in large breed puppies.

Fresh chicken and turkey cartilage, not synthetic ingredients, provides a natural and high source of glucosamine and chondroitin. Non-rendered omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) are from fresh fish, not sunflower, flax or canola oils (ALA), which are ineffective in the body of a dog. These fatty acids are essential for your puppy's developing immune and nervous systems, as well as glowing skin and hair coat.

Instead of grain, this formula contains a full complement of regional fruits and vegetables that supply important natural antioxidants and phytochemicals — including turmeric, juniper berries and rosehips —that are naturally rich in phytonutrients, B-vit

Ingredients

Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, yellowtail ﬂounder, whole eggs, whole atlantic mackerel, chicken liver, turkey liver, chicken heart, turkey heart, whole atlantic herring, dehydrated chicken, dehydrated turkey, dehydrated mackerel, dehydrated chicken liver, dehydrated turkey liver, whole green peas, whole navy beans, red lentils, chicken necks, chicken kidney, pinto beans, chickpeas, green lentils, alfalfa, natural chicken ﬂavor, lentil ﬁber, herring oil, ground chicken bone, chicken cartilage, chicken fat, turkey cartilage, dried kelp, freeze-dried chicken liver, freeze-dried turkey liver, whole pumpkin, whole butternut squash, kale, spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens, whole carrots, apples, pears, pumpkin seeds, sunﬂower seeds, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried biﬁdobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product.

*DELIVERED FRESH

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude protein (min.) ........................................................... 38 %
Crude fat (min.) .................................................................. 16 %
Crude fiber (max.) ................................................................ 6 %
Moisture (max.) ................................................................... 12 %
Calcium (min./max) ............................................................. 1.1 %
Phosphorus (min./max) ........................................................ 0.9 %
Omega-6 (min.) .................................................................. 3 %
Omega-3 (min.) .................................................................. 0.8 %
DHA (min.)..........................................................................