Merrick Lil' Plates Grain Free Real Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe
Dog Food · scored by FurMetric
89Excellent
This is a high-quality dry dog food led by named chicken, chicken meal, and turkey meal with strong protein and fat on a dry-matter basis. It loses a few points for including synthetic menadione, but is otherwise naturally preserved with added omega-3s and probiotics.
How our scores compare · 100–75 Excellent, 74–50 Fair, below 50 Poor
What hurt the score
The biggest factors, largest first.
- Menadione — controversial synthetic vitamin K source
- Natural flavor — vague unnamed flavoring
What helped the score
The biggest factors, largest first.
- Named proteins first — chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal lead
- Natural preservation — mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract
- Omega-3 sources — salmon oil and flaxseed
- Probiotics — Bacillus coagulans fermentation product
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Barcode 022808384182 · Recalls: see recent pet food recalls