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Description
Bring some ancestral-inspired nutrition to your growing carnivore’s bowl with the Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten Recipe Grain-Free Dry Cat Food. Not your average kibble, the grain-free recipe starts with chicken and turkey, and is infused with freeze-dried raw meat bites packed with the whisker-licking flavor and protein of poultry. It provides the nutritional benefits of a raw diet for your kitten, straight out of the bag! Every bite is loaded with everything your kitty needs to fuel all those adventures and growth spurts, like vitamins, minerals and taurine, omegas for a healthy skin and coat, probiotics for easy digestion and antioxidant-rich veggies. Plus, there’s zero by-products, additives, gluten or anything artificial so even sensitive kitties can dive right into their bowl!
Price Score: 10 out of 100 Points
Variety Score: 81 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 38 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 74 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 55.2 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- Grain-free kitten recipe contains 42% protein with chicken as the number one ingredient to support muscle growth and development.
- Infused with freeze-dried raw bites made with real poultry to lock in fresh taste and nutrition for growing kittens.
- Features a mix of raw protein and antioxidant-rich veggies to provide a balanced diet like the one your kitty would find in the wild.
- Packed with DHA omegas for healthy skin and fur, plus taurine, vitamins and minerals for overall well-being, and probiotics for gentle digestion.
- Safely cooked in the USA in small batches with zero by-products, grains, wheat, gluten, corn, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
Ingredients
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Potatoes, Peas, Natural Flavor, Salmon Meal, Potato Protein, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Sweet Potatoes, Deboned Turkey, Salmon Oil (Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids), Dried Yeast Culture, Salt, Organic Dried Alfalfa Meal, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate), Phosphoric Acid, Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product. Caloric Content 3,638 kcal/kg, 400 kcal/cupSee products with the same ingredients:
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Biotin - Harmless ingredient
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Biotin also called vitamin H, vitamin B7 or vitamin B8 is a water-soluble B vitamin. It is involved in a wide range of metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the utilization of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
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Chicken Fat - Healthy ingredient
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Chicken fat is fat obtained from chicken rendering and processing. Of the many animal-sourced substances, chicken fat is noted for being high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid. Linoleic acid levels are between 17.9% and 22.8%. It is a common flavoring, additive or main component of chicken soup.
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Chicken Meal - Healthy ingredient
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Choline Chloride - Harmless ingredient
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Choline chloride is an organic compound with the formula 3NCH2CH2OH]Cl. It is bifunctional, containing both quaternary ammonium salt and an alcohol. The cation is choline, which occurs naturally. It is a white, water-soluble salt used mainly in animal feed..
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Cobalt Carbonate (12)
Cobalt carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula CoCO3. This reddish paramagnetic solid is an intermediate in the hydrometallurgical purification of cobalt from its ores. It is an inorganic pigment, and a precursor to catalysts. Cobalt carbonate also occurs as the rare red/pink mineral spherocobaltite..
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Cobalt Proteinate (6)
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Copper Amino Acid Complex (23)
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D-Calcium Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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Deboned Chicken (8)
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Deboned Turkey (6)
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Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product (14)
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Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product (36)
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Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product (29)
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Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product (23)
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Dried Yeast Culture (2)
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Folic Acid - Harmless ingredient
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Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage.
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Iron Amino Acid Complex (19)
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Manganese Amino Acid Complex (23)
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Natural Flavor - Controversial ingredient
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Niacin - Harmless ingredient
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Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It has the formula C 6H 5NO 2 and belongs to the group of the pyridinecarboxylic acid. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variety of whole and processed foods, with highest contents in fortified packaged foods, tuna, salmon, some vegetable and other animal sources.
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Organic Dried Alfalfa Meal (3)
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Peas - Healthy ingredient
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The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and develop from the ovary of a flower.
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Phosphoric Acid (29)
Phosphoric acid, also known as orthophosphoric acid or phosphoric acid, is a weak acid with the chemical formula H 3PO 4. It is a non-toxic compound which, when pure, is a solid at room temperature and pressure. All three hydrogens are acidic to varying degrees and can be lost from the molecule as H+ ions.
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Potassium Iodide - Harmless ingredient
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Potassium iodide is a chemical compound, medication, and dietary supplement. As a medication it is used to treat hyperthyroidism, in radiation emergencies, and to protect the thyroid gland when certain types of radiopharmaceuticals are used. In the developing world it is also used to treat skin sporotrichosis and phycomycosis.
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Potato Protein (18)
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Potatoes (34)
The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself, a perennial in the family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile.
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Pyridoxine Hydrochloride - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Food sources include eggs, green vegetables, milk and other dairy product, meat, mushrooms, and almonds. Some countries require its addition to grains. As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat riboflavin deficiency and prevent migraines.
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Salmon Meal (11)
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Salmon Oil - Healthy ingredient
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Salt - Harmless ingredient
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Salt is a mineral consisting primarily of sodium chloride, a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent.
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Sodium Selenite - Harmful ingredient
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Sweet Potatoes - Controversial ingredient
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Taurine - Healthy ingredient
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Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight.
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Thiamine Mononitrate - Harmless ingredient
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Turkey Meal (17)
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Vitamin A Acetate (33)
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Vitamin B12 - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body: it is a cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. It is particularly important in the normal functioning of the nervous system via its role in the synthesis of myelin, and in the maturation of developing red blood cells in the bone marrow.
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Vitamin D3 - Harmless ingredient
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Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 and colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D which is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight; it is also found in some foods and can be taken as a dietary supplement. It is used to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency and associated diseases, including rickets.
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Vitamin E - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, can cause nerve problems.
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Yucca Schidigera Extract - Harmless ingredient
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Zinc Amino Acid Complex (17)
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein | 42.0% min |
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| Crude Fat | 15.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 3.5% max |
| Moisture | 11.0% max |
| Calcium | 1.0% min |
| Phosphorus | 0.8% min |
| Taurine | 0.2% |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acid | 3.0% min |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acid | 0.3.0% min |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.05% min |
| Bacillus Coagulants | 90,000,000 CFU/lb |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 47.2% |
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| Crude Fat | 16.9% |
| Crude Fiber | 3.9% |
| Moisture | 12.4% |