[joey]

Can someone please explain this to me. I feed my two dogs Canidae for Seniors - Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice White Rice, Chicken Fat Sunflower Oil Chicken, Lamb meal, Herring Meal +++++ the total crude protein is 18.50%. Now I have a Canadian made dog food called Riplees Ranch and the ingredients are Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Steamed Oatmeal, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat, Whole Ground Flaxseed, Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil, Natural Chicken Flavours +++++++++++total crude protein 29.0% How can that be? Protein usually comes from meat so the way I read this is Riplees much have a higher proportion of meat even though it is only shown once. Is that correct? They are both senior foods. If you can help me understand this I would appreciate it.

[mattmania843]

Chicken and turkey have protein, im assuming thats what it is.

[joey]

Mattmania: Chicken and turkey have protein but why does the other dog food with only chicken listed have a higher protein %. It seems Canidae has so much more meat (protein) listed and states 18.5% yet Riplees Ranch has only chicken listed and yet the protein reads 29.0% I'm still confused, my conclusion would be that there is more meat with just the chicken in Riplees than all the meats combined in Canidae. Am I right???

[briteday]

Almost all food ingredients have some amount of protein, even grains. Read a box of human cereal.

[joey]

Thank you. I just checked a box of cereal and it does show protein. I guess I was just thinking it was from the meat and couldn't understand the ratio.

[Cheetah]

Ah yes. Rice is pretty high on the list, so there's probably a lot of protein from that.

[joey]

So then I think the Canidae is a better food than the Ripley's because the protein comes from the meat. Trying to learn about quality food. Thanks for all your help in getting me to understand protein percentages.