NRC* Nutritional Requirements for Dogs
(*These 1990 are the only figures I have from the National Research Council;
I will appreciate it if someone can inform me of a more recent report. (bgp 10/01)

Kibble %Protein %Fat

Purina FIT & TRIM 14 5
MAINSTAY (10/01) 16 6

Heintz CYCLE LITE (10/01) 17 6

KIBBLE & BITS (10/01) 19 7

Iams-Eukanuba
    ADULT REDC'D FAT/LG.BREED (10/01)  19     9

 *NRC REQUIREMENT*

                     Adult Maintenance 18     5
                 Growth & Reproduction 22     8

Hills SCIENCE DIET LIGHT (10/01)       20     6
                   ADULT (10/01)       20    12

Iams  WEIGHT CONTROL (10/01)           20    10

Heintz GRAVY TRAIN  (10/01)            21     8

Purina DEALERS' PRIDE                  21     7
        FIELD & FARM                   21     7
                CHOW (10/01)           21    10

Waltham KalKan PEDIGREE (10/01)        21     8

Friskies-Alpo  (10/01)                 21     8 
    Friskies COME N GET IT (10/01)     22    10

Hills SCIENCE DIET MAINTENANCE (10/01) 21.5  13

Iams EUKANUBA ADULT MN'TNCE (10/01)  25    16
                      CHUNKS(10/01)    26    15
Purina PROPLAN
     CHICKEN-RICE/RED.CALORIE (10/01)  25     8

Treats
Hills Science Diet SENIOR (10/01)  15 6.  5
                    LIGHT (10/01)      15     4

MilkBone               (10/01)      15     5
                                       12     8
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*Aim for the National Research Council recommended content in your dog's kibble. 
More protein & fat is not better, warns Dr. Lennart Krook, Cornell, one of the authors 
of "Overnutrition and Skeletal Disease", April 1974, Cornell Veterinarian and "Ascorbic 
Acid Deficiency and Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy in the Dog", October 1979, Cornell Vet-
erinarian, a paper describing a condition where vitamin C supplementation is contra-
indicated (causes harm).