Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food


The Good


First and Fourth Ingredients are named meat sources.

Quality Ingredients

The Bad

Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food Full Review


Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food

Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food is part of the Merrick Dog Food product line. Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food is made and manufactured by Merrick Pet Foods, Inc.

Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food Review

When analyzing dog food brands the first five ingredients are going to be the most important. The first five ingredients are going to make up the majority of the recipe. We have listed the ingredients, first five ingredients analysis and the guaranteed analysis of Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food.

    Beef, Oatmeal, Barley, Beef Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols – a source of Natural Vitamin E and Ascorbic Acid, a source of Vitamin C), Flaxseed, Freeze Dried Sweet Potatoes, Freeze Dried Carrots, Freeze Dried Peas, Dried Chicken Liver, Freeze Dried Apples, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Lysine, Guar Gum, Sea Salt, Choline Chloride, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Whole Blueberries, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Whole Garlic, Chondroitin Sulfate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Dried Beef Broth, Chicory Root, Marigold Extract, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enterococcus Faecium, Lactobacillus Casei, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Natural Celery Flavor, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Natural Caramel Color, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Complex, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3, Niacin, Lecithin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Amino Acid Complex, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Sodium Selenite.
    1. Beef
    2. Oatmeal
    3. Barley
    4. Beef Meal
    5. Whole Brown Rice
    Beef:Beef is a quality ingredient. This ingredient is inclusive of its water content. Meaning, once the water content is removed this ingredient will fall further in the ingredients list. The AAFCO definition for Beef is:"Is the clean flesh derived from slaughtered cattle, and is limited to that part of the striate muscle which is skeletal or that which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus; with or without the accompanying and overlying fat and the portions of the skin, sinew, nerve and blood vessels which normally accompany the flesh. "

    Oatmeal:Oatmeal is a decent quality grain. Experts say that Oatmeal is an excellent source of carbohydrates and energy. Oatmeal is a great alternative grain for dogs that are suffering from allergies. Currently there is no official AAFCO definition for Oatmeal.

    Barley:Barley is a decent quality grain. The current definition for Barley is:” consists of at least 80 percent sound barley and must not contain more than 3 percent heat-damaged kernels, 6 percent foreign material, 20 percent other grains or 10 percent wild oats.”

    Beef Meal:Beef Meal is a decent quality ingredient. The current AAFCO definition for Beef Meal is:"Beef meal is the rendered product from beef tissues, exlusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices. "Beef", with moisture removed. Should be first ingredient, or second after "Beef"." Whole Ground Brown Rice:Whole Ground Brown Rice is a decent quality grain. The current AAFCO definition for Ground Whole Brown Rice is:" the entire product obtained by grinding the rice kernels after the hulls have been removed."

    Crude Protein (Not Less Than) 22.0%

    Crude Fat (Not Less Than) 15.0%

    Crude Fiber (Not More Than) 3.0%

    Moisture (Not More Than) 10.0%

    Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food Consumer Ratings

    Don't want to take our word on it? Have you (or your dog) tried Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food. If so please give us your thoughts on Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food. Below we have a couple of categories we believe are important to consumers. Please take the time and rate Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food.

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    Rating: 8.8/10 (1 vote cast)
    Merrick Cowboy Cookout Dog Food , 8.8 out of 10 based on 1 rating

    Rating (out of 10)

    Overall Ingredients


    This value take a look at the overall ingredients of the recipe.
    		 7

    First Five Ingredeints


    This value evaluates the first five ingredients only.
    		 7

    Protein Content


    This value evaluates the amount of protein.
    		 7

    Grain Content


    This value evaluates the amount of grains. 10 = No Grains.
    		 6

    Total

    		 6.75



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