Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Dog Food

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult is manufactured by Diamond and sold at Costco’s around the United States. Kirkland Signature Range Lamb & Rice Adult falls in the middle of the spectrum of dog food quality. I am going to break this food down and give an unbiased review.

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Dog Food Review

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb & Rice Adult falls in the middle of the spectrum of dog food quality. For the price you are getting a pretty decent bag of dog food. Other brands in the same price range fill their bags with filler and overload them with grains.

First five ingredients of Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult:

1. Lamb – Since this meat ingredient is not in form of a meal, it means before it was put into the dog food its weight consist of its water weight as well.Which ultimately means that after being cooked and included into the dog food its true place in the ingredient list would drop, due to the loss of its water weight.
2. Lamb meal – Lamb meal would now be the first true ingredient. It is preferred that the first ingredient of dog food would be a protein source in the form of a meat.  Dogs naturally feed of meat and they need it in their diet.
3. Whole grain brown rice -the entire product obtained by grinding the rice kernels after the hulls have been removed.
4. Rice flour –
5. White rice -  Rice is a goof source of additional proteins and adds additional carbohydrates.

If were to take the 3rd, 4th and 5th ingredient and combine them together rice would probably be the first true ingredient. Its hard telling what the true weight would be. Manufactures split these ingredients up to try and fool people into thinking what they want. Is rice is bad ingredient? No. But when is the last time you saw a dog in the while eating some rice?

As with all the Kirkland dog food brands we were unable to find a statement of them using Ethoxyquin free fish in their Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult formula.

Beet pulp is also found as an ingredient and has been linked to allergies in dogs. It comes in the form of a by product. This brand of food would rank higher in the quality scale if it did not include Beet pulp.

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult Full Ingredients List:

Lamb,lamb meal, whole grain brown rice, rice flour, white rice, egg product, cracked pearl barley, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and Vitamin E), beet pulp, potatoes, fish meal, flaxseed, natural flavor, brewers dried yeast, carrots, peas, kelp, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder,potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, rosemary extract, parsley flake, dried chicory root, glucosamine hydrochloride, taurine, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, chondroitin sulphate, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite (source of vitamin k activity), riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult Guaranteed Analysis:

Crude protein…………….23% min
Crude fat …………….14% min
Crude fiber……………. 4% max
Moisture……………. 10% max
Zinc……………. 200 mg/kg min
Selenium……………. 0.4 mg/kg min
Vitamin A …………….15,000 IU/kg min
Vitamin E …………….150 IU/kg min
Omega-6 Fatty Acids*……………. 2.2% min
Omega-3 Fatty Acids* …………….0.4% min
Glucosamine hydrochloride not less than 300 mg/kg
Chondroitin sulfate not less than 100 mg/kg
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient profile.