Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Recipe with Raw Bites Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 41.0%, above the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Reasonable protein and a fairly typical starch load. Comfortably mid-range for a dry food.
How we got to 64
Five things, one hundred points, and the reason for every one. We would rather show our working than ask you to trust a number.
26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.
Estimated, 6% ash assumed.
Count of named animal proteins.
Matched against the flag list.
Manufacturer, not recipe.
The numbers, without the water
Percentages on a bag include the water in the food, so a wet food always looks lower than a dry one. Taking the water out puts any two foods on the same footing. This one is 89% dry matter.
That is 2.5 points above average, so proportionally more of the bag is starch.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 8 ingredients listed after salt are present in even smaller amounts. That is the salt divider, and it is why we only weigh the top of the list.
Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal, Sunflower Oil, Organic Sunflower Seed Meal, Organic Brown Rice, Natural Flavor, Organic Flaxseed, Whitefish, Chicory Root (source of inulin), Potassium Chloride, Organic Blueberries, Organic Apples, 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., Organic Potatoes, Taurine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Methionine Complex, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide), Mixed Tocopherols for Freshness, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Citric Acid for Freshness
What those first ingredients actually are
The top of the list is most of the food by weight, so it is worth knowing what each one is. Green marks a named animal protein.
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Whitefish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Lamb Meal
Lamb that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water removed.
How much of this to feed
A starting point, worked out from the resting energy formula vets use and this food's own calorie density. Every dog is different, so watch their weight and adjust. Your vet's advice beats a calculator.
How it compares
Same figures, same method, put next to another recipe from Castor & Pollux and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Castor & Pollux Organic Chicken… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 64 | 59 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 31.5% | 29.2% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 41.0% | 43.3% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 3 of 5 | 2 of 5 | -- |
Recall history
Recalls are matched to the manufacturer, not this exact recipe. A recall on a different product still tells you something about the plant it came from.
We have not matched any FDA recall to Castor & Pollux. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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