Kibbles n Bits Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef & Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Wheat Middlings. One of them is a named animal protein. We put the starch at 52.4%, above the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Protein runs low or starch runs high for this type of food. That does not make it unsafe, it just measures lower.
How we got to 34
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 82% dry matter.
That is 13.9 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 23 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.
Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef & Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Animal Fat (Bha Used As Preservative), Corn Syrup, Water Sufficient For Processing, Animal Digest (Source Of Roasted Flavor), Propylene Glycol, 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., Apple, Hydrochloric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Caramel Color, Peas, Sorbic Acid (Used As A Preservative), Sodium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin), Dl-methionine, Calcium Sulfate, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Carrots, Green Beans, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5, Red 40, Bha (Used As A Preservative), Blue 1, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 6
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.
Corn
The kernel of the corn plant, used ground or as separated fractions.
Soybean Meal
The protein-rich meal left after oil has been pressed from soybeans.
Wheat
The grain of the wheat plant, one of the most widely grown cereals.
Wheat Middlings
The bran, germ and fine particles left after wheat is milled into flour.
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 Kibbles n Bits and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Kibbles n Bits Bistro Oven… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 34 | 34 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 25.6% | 23.2% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 52.4% | 54.9% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 1 of 5 | 1 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 Kibbles n Bits. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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