About this food
Give your puppy the nutritional building blocks he needs for healthy growth and development with Purina PRO PLAN Healthy Start. Each high-quality dry food features outstanding nutrition specifically designed for puppies and high-quality chicken pieces as the #1 ingredient.
Purina PRO PLAN® Healthy Start PUPPY products contain colostrum, which takes an expert approach and helps strengthen puppies' immune response up to 50% more. Colostrum also helps to optimise the balance of the gut microflora - helping protect the puppies from loose stools that is so common during puppyhood.
Purina PRO PLAN® Healthy Start contains adjusted protein and fat levels to promote healthy growth and long-term health, as well as nutrients that support healthy joints.
Purina PRO PLAN Healthy Start SMALL&MINI PUPPY is suitable for small & mini breed puppies (less than 10 kg adult weight). This dry puppy food contains vitamin D, minerals and specific levels of omega-3 (0.4%) to help support healthy teeth and gums. It is rich in high-quality chicken and provides optimal nutrition for your small & mini puppy's growth up to 12 months of age, when they will grow into adult dogs.
Discover the benefits HEALTHY START products can make to your puppy's health and wellbeing. Also suitable for gestating / lactating bitch.
If you want to give your dog some variety, explore the different flavours of PRO PLAN recipes with added benefits - for example, Lamb in Sensitive Digestion or Salmon in Sensitive Skin products.
- Chicken as No1 ingredient & High Protein
- Colostrum to help strengthen the immune response
- Promotes healthy growth and long-term health
- Supports healthy joints
- Science based nutrition with no added colorants
- Formulated for Total Dental Care
Ingredients
High quality chicken (20%) (including back and chest), wheat, dried poultry protein, animal fats, rice (7%), corn protein meal, wheat gluten, protein hydrolysate of animal origin, corn, dried beet pulp, soya meal, minerals, fish oil, dried egg, aminoacids, Preservatives, vitamins, dried colostrum (0.1%), antioxidants.
Contains: Chicken, Dairy, Duck, Egg, Fish, Grains, Turkey. Check the full list if your pet has a food allergy.
Nutrition
4,130kcal per kg
413kcal per 100 g
Protein32%
Fat21%
Fibre2%
Ash (minerals)8%
Percentages of the food as sold.
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Full analysis
| Protein | 32.0% |
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| Fat Content | 21.0% |
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| Crude Ash | 8.0% |
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| Crude fibre | 2.0% |
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Additives
IU/kg: Vit A: 34000; Vit D3: 1100; Vit E: 200; mg/kg: Vit C: 120; Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate: (Fe: 130); Calcium iodate anhydrous: (I: 2.0); Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate: (Cu: 14); Manganous sulphate monohydrate: (Mn: 48); Zinc sulphate monohydrate: (Zn: 120); Sodium selenite: (Se: 0.14).
Feeding and storage
Daily amount by expected adult weight, by puppy age 1.5 to 3 / 4 to 5 / 6 to 8 / 9 to 11 / 12 to 24 months: 1 kg: 30 to 45 g / 50 to 45 g / 45 to 40 g / 40 to 35 g / 35 g, then adult food; 5 kg: 75 to 120 g / 125 to 130 g / 130 to 120 g / 115 to 110 g / 110 g, then adult food; 10 kg: 100 to 170 g / 190 to 200 g / 205 to 175 g / 175 to 165 g / 165 g, then adult food. Gestating bitch (6 to 9 weeks) by mother's weight: 1 kg: 35 to 45 g; 5 kg: 110 to 140 g; 10 kg: 175 to 220 g; lactation: ad libitum. Always provide fresh water. These amounts are a guide; adjust to keep your dog at a healthy weight.
