Zignature Grain Free Duck Meal Formula Dog Food

Duck protein provides complete protein, Omega-3 fatty acids and essential vitamins & minerals. Also being low in saturated fat, your dog will love the taste and can benefit from all the nutrients Duck protein has to offer.

Features

• Meat first recipes
• Complete & balanced
• Limited ingredient recipe

Meat First

All Zignature recipes are based on a meat-first philosophy because dogs are carnivores and require high-quality animal protein to thrive. The first listed ingredient in any pet food is vitally important because there’s more of that ingredient than any other. Not only is meat the first ingredient in all Zignature recipes, but Zignature also include meat or fish meal as the second ingredient. Compare this to many well-known pet foods that use high-starch carbohydrate fillers as their first or second ingredient and you’ll quickly see why Zignature offers your pet the correct nutrition for enhanced vitality.

Ingredients

Duck, Duck Meal, Chickpeas, Peas, Chickpea Flour, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavor, Flaxseed, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin a Supplement, Niacinamide, D-calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin), Taurine, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Potassium Chloride, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate), Marine Microalgae Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), L-carnitine, Rosemary Extract, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Bifidum Fermentation Product.

Duck

Provides complete protein, low in saturated fat, high in Omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, essential vitamins and minerals.

Chickpeas

Potassium, B vitamins, magnesium, iron and selenium. Chickpeas do not have cholesterol, so they may help maintain heart healthy.

Peas

These anti-inflammatory nutrients contain Vitamins D, C, A, Calcium, Iron, Minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients.

Guaranteed Analysis

• Crude Protein (Min): 29.5%
• Crude Fat (Min): 13.5%
• Crude Fiber (Max): 5.0%
• Moisture (Max): 10%
• Omega 6 Fatty Acids (Min): 4.5%
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Min): 0.7%
• Taurine (Min): 0.2%
• L-carnitine (Min): 40mg/kg
• Total Microorganisms (Min): 100 Million CFU/lb

Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO dog food nutritional profile. (bacillus coagulans, bacillus subtilis, bifidobacterium bifidum). Contains a source of live (viable) naturally occurring microorganisms. Colony forming units per pound.

Calorie Content

3,600 kcal per kg, 395 kcal per cup

Feeding Directions

• 10 lb or less: 1/4 - 3/4 cup
• 10 - 20 lb: 3/4 - 1 cups
• 20 - 30 lb: 1 - 1-1/2 cups
• 30 - 40 lb: 1-1/2 - 1-3/4 cups
• 40 - 60 lb: 1-3/4 - 2-1/2 cups
• 60 - 80 lb: 2-1/2 - 2-3/4 cups
• 80 - 100 lb: 2-3/4 - 3-1/2 cups

Puppies feed up to 2 times per pound of body weight over adult levels. Pregnant females minimal increase needed during first 6 weeks. Weeks 7, 8 and 9 increase up to 25%.

Lactating females immediately after whelping, nutritional demand increases by 50% compared to maintenance levels. During peak lactation (around 4-5 weeks), increase feeding up to 300% of regular intake. Feed in 3 equal meals per day.

When switching your dog's diet, That recommend that it should be done gradually over 5-7 days, increasing the amount each day with the present diet as sudden change in diet may result in digestive disturbances.

See your veterinarian regularly. Keep fresh water available.

Zignature Duck Formula for dogs is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for all life stages, including growth of large size dogs (70 lb or more as an adult).

Feeding Trails

At Pets Global, Zignature are committed to completing comprehensive AAFCO feeding studies with all of Zignature diets. As you can imagine this is a giant undertaking and to gain the most of the studies Zignature are using a system AAFCO outlines as product families. This process allows for products within the same brand to be included in a group with a diet that has undergone and successfully completed an AAFCO feeding study. To be included in a product family they must be nutritionally similar and meet key AAFCO nutrient requirements to the diet that was tested. AAFCO suggests that testing one diet in a product family allows for all the nutritionally similar diets to be considered similar to the tested for nutritional adequacy. At Pets Global Zignature push ourselves past the minimum requirements and have started with the AAFCO product families but will continue to test each individual diet until Zignature have complete feeding studies on all Zignature formulas.

Specifications

• Flavor: Duck
• Certification: AAFCO