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Dry kibble · Guaranteed basis · checked 2026-07-25

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Merrick Kitchen Comforts Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food

Dry kibble adult Formulated

Part of the Merrick Kitchen Comforts line. On a dry-matter basis this recipe is 29.5% protein and 17% fat. Its adequacy statement says the recipe is formulated to meet an AAFCO nutrient profile.

Composition as sold · 0–100% of the food by weight

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Label nutrition data

Guaranteed analysis as it appears on the label: minimums for protein and fat, maximums for fibre and moisture. The dry-matter and per-1,000-kcal columns are computed from those published figures, not restated from anywhere else. Hatched cells are values Merrick does not publish. Scroll horizontally — 4 columns. Published source ↗
Nutrient As fed (label) Dry matter g / 1,000 kcal
Crude protein (guaranteed min) 26% 29.5% —
Crude fat (guaranteed min) 15% 17% —
Crude fibre (guaranteed max) — — —
Moisture (guaranteed max) 12% — —
Omega-6 fatty acids (guaranteed min) 2.1% 2.4% —
Omega-3 fatty acids (guaranteed min) 0.3% 0.3% —
Taurine (guaranteed min) 0.17% 0.2% —
Carbohydrate (estimated) — — —

First ingredients

Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, so the first few describe most of what the recipe is made of — and nothing about the quality of any of them.

Chicken · chicken meal · brown rice · barley · oat meal · canola meal · beef fat preserved with mixed tocopherols · natural flavor · dried yeast · dried beet pulp · fish oil · lamb meal

First 12 of the published list, in the manufacturer's order. The full list is on Merrick's product page ↗ .

AAFCO statement

“Merrick Kitchen Comforts Healthy Grains Real Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance of adult dogs.”

Quoted verbatim from Merrick's published label data, and not scored.

The two wordings are different claims. Formulated to meet means the recipe was matched to an AAFCO nutrient profile on paper. Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate means the finished food was fed to dogs under a defined protocol — a minimum of eight dogs over twenty-six weeks. Both are legal standards of adequacy; only one involved dogs, and neither is a statement about ingredient quality. We quote whichever appears verbatim, and weight it in the score above: 20 points for a feeding trial, 12 for a formulation claim.

Try it with your dog's numbers

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The label, charted

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Label data chart for Merrick Kitchen Comforts Real Chicken & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food: on a dry-matter basis, protein 29.5%, fat 17%, carbohydrate could not be estimated. Not scored — too little published.
Dry-matter basis · Manufacturer's label ↗

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Source merrickpetcare.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology