Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Food, Lamb Meal & Rice

The Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Food, Lamb Meal & Rice is Diamond's all-breed adult food on a lamb base - a moderate, everyday maintenance diet rather than a high-performance one.

Key Features

• Lamb meal first, which suits dogs that react to chicken and gives a concentrated protein source.
• 23% protein and 14% fat at 403 kcal a cup - the leanest dog food in this range, and the easiest to keep a settled adult dog trim on.
• No breed-size restriction: the kibble and the nutrient levels suit small, medium and large adults.
• White rice, cracked pearled barley and grain sorghum, with oatmeal, rice bran and dried beet pulp.
• Superfoods Diamond names: kale, chia seed, pumpkin, blueberries, oranges, quinoa, dried kelp, coconut, spinach, carrots and papaya.
• 80,000,000 CFU per pound of live probiotics; no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives added.

Guaranteed Analysis

• Crude Protein 23.0% minimum
• Crude Fat 14.0% minimum
• Crude Fibre 4.0% maximum
• Moisture 10.0% maximum
• Taurine 0.12% minimum, L-Carnitine 100 mg/kg minimum
• Omega-6 2.2% minimum, Omega-3 0.4% minimum
• Total Microorganisms not less than 80,000,000 CFU/lb
• 3,550 kcal/kg (403 kcal/cup) calculated metabolizable energy

Available in: 2 kg and 15 kg.

Good To Know

• Diamond's AAFCO statement for this formula is for maintenance, so it is an adult food. Puppies need one of the growth formulas.
• Lamb is a common choice for suspected food sensitivity, but only a proper elimination diet run by a vet will tell you what a dog actually reacts to. Switching to lamb on a hunch often just changes the symptom.
• One cup is about 403 kcal, which is the figure to use if you are counting calories or working to a vet's weight plan.
• Feeding guides are a starting point, not a prescription. Weigh the food rather than scooping it by eye, and adjust to body condition: you should feel the ribs easily under a thin covering and see a waist from above.
• Change food gradually over about a week - a little of the new mixed into the old, increasing the proportion each day. Diamond suggests up to 14 days for a sensitive animal. A sudden switch is the commonest cause of loose stools.
• In a hot climate most dogs get less exercise than their owners think. If the waist disappears, cut the measured amount by around ten percent rather than switching food, and reweigh in a month.
• Diamond guarantees 80,000,000 CFU of live probiotic cultures per pound. Live cultures fade with heat and time, so buy the size you will finish in a month or two rather than the biggest bag.
• Keep it in its own bag inside a sealed container rather than tipping the kibble loose. The fat in dry food goes rancid on contact with warm air, and in a UAE kitchen that happens faster than the date on the bag suggests.
• Diamond states that the facility which makes this food also makes food that may contain other ingredients. If you are avoiding a specific protein for a diagnosed allergy, that cross-contact statement is worth knowing about.
• Dry food is only about 10 percent moisture. Keep fresh water available at all times, and change it daily rather than topping it up.
• A food change is not a treatment. If your pet is itchy, losing weight, vomiting or has ongoing loose stools, see a vet before you switch - changing diets repeatedly makes a diagnosis harder, not easier.