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Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Real Beef + Brown Rice Recipe with Ancient Grains Adult Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag

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  • No Corn No Wheat No Soy
  • High-Protein
  • Chicken-Free
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  • Real deboned beef is the first ingredient in this recipe, and it’s paired with a holistic blend of whole grains to support your pup’s healthy digestion.
  • This premium beef kibble has ancient grains with leading levels of glucosamine and chondroitin to provide hip and joint support in adult furbabies.
  • This wholesome beef and rice meal is formulated with real produce ingredients and includes omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids to help nourish your tail wagger’s skin and coat.
  • This kibble has added vitamins and minerals, and it is made without potatoes, peas, lentils, artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
  • Merrick dog food is proudly founded in Hereford, Texas, and crafted in USA facilities.

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Healthy Grains Dog Food Recipes

Treat your dog to a delicious meal with Merrick Healthy Grains recipes. Healthy Grains and Limited Ingredient Diet dry recipes help support overall health, and Healthy Grains wet food adds extra hydration to your dog’s diet.

Real Fish, Meat or Poultry is #1

Merrick’s delicious Healthy Grains recipes start with real deboned meat, fish, or poultry as the first ingredient followed by real grain and produce ingredients to provide complete and balanced nutrition for puppies, adults, and senior dogs.

A Variety of High-Quality Recipes

Merrick Healthy Grains dog food comes in a variety of protein choices, flavor options, and textures so you can find the perfect food for your dog. These recipes contain wholesome, high-quality ingredients and no artificial flavors or preservatives.

About Merrick

Merrick was born over 30 years ago in Garth Merrick’s family kitchen in Hereford, TX. They craft their natural pet food recipes with real, recognizable ingredients, because it’s not just food in that bowl—it’s love. That’s why it has to be the best.

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42 Customer Questions

How much weight to a cup of feed? Trying to figure out how much I will need for a month supplying

Answer by DH1010 • Apr 08, 2025
It's my experience that a 25lb bag can handle 75 cups conservatively. Not sure the actual weight, I'm basing this on my own usage.

What is the sodium content of this food? I’m trying to research for my picky dog who loves this food but was recommended to be on kidney support food.

This states potato free recipe but lists potato in ingredients? Which is correct ?

Answer by Chewy • Jul 21, 2018
This food contains no white potatoes. Sweet potatoes are not the same as white potatoes. They come from a different family, are high in fiber/low in fat, and are a healthier, lower carb alternate to white potatoes. Sweet potatoes also contains large amounts of vitamins A,C,E, B5&6, potassium and manganese (manganese – trace mineral needed for growth, development and metabolism).

Are any of the ingredients sourced from China?

Answer by Chewy • Apr 13, 2020
Merrick sources the world's best ingredients from the best producers. Most of their ingredients come from the USA, however, in certain circumstances some ingredients may come from another country (like lamb from New Zealand) to ensure the highest quality possible. Merrick currently works with one trusted partner in China to source Vitamin B, which is an essential nutrient for dogs and cats. Vitamin supplements account for less than 1% (~.02%) of the total raw ingredients (by weight) in their recipes [and Vitamin B, specifically, is less than .01%] but ensure that every single serving of their food gives your pet the complete nutrition they need. Since 2012, they've worked with the same trusted partner to source Vitamin B. They remain the best option for both the supply Merrick needs and the quality they want for this ingredient. They recently opened operations in China, and remain confident in their ability to produce high-quality Vitamin B for their recipes to ensure they are delivering the nutrition that pets need.
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535 Customer Reviews

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By steveoooo on Feb 1, 2021

Good overall

I feel like this is one of the better kibbles I’ve found. I have a picky, 5 year old, 65 lb Australian Shepard/beagle/lab mix who used to get atopic dermatitis really

I feel like this is one of the better kibbles I’ve found. I have a picky, 5 year old, 65 lb Australian Shepard/beagle/lab mix who used to get atopic dermatitis really badly. He would break out on his chest and shoulders and head in pustules, it was bad. He’s been doing really well on this food now for about a year. I add a little hot water to it and he goes nuts. The vet recommended Science Diet (crap), or Royal Canid Hydrolyzed protein(also nutritionally crap) and he was on that for a year. Getting cytopoint allergy shots and treatments, we tried apoquel, allergy tests, etc. He was on American Journey Lamb and sweet potato after because my friends were having good results but eventually his skin got bad again, paw licking, and ear infections bad, the whole 9 yards. After some research I came across some articles that said potatoes and chick peas/lentils can be not good for their gut bacteria and overall health. I scoured chewy for a food like that, and this and the similar pork one were the only ones that met the criteria. No potatoes, no peas or lentils I think has really helped. Either that or he’s finally grown out of it.... I have a half a bag of American Journey Lamb and sweet Potato limited ingredient left and I think that was making him worse. I tried to transition it in 1/4 at a time but his skin got bad again. I wish I could feed him something consistently other than kibble but it’s just how it is. Eventually I’d like to transition him to fresh, raw foods and meals. I don’t like the pork meal and meal’s in general. I wish there was a way for them to get it into kibble or make things in short batches without preservatives and processed ingredients. Honestly I wanted to give this a 4 star review but it’s been doing well so far I couldn’t, haha. I had one bag come ripped and chewy was good enough to replace it, I didn’t want to risk giving that to my dog. The Omega-3 content is good, but could be higher in relation to the Omega-6 content... overall it has a good spectrum of supplements and ingredients and my dog has been doing really well and loves it. I try to transition some of the pork one in as well. Hopefully good in the long term. Will update if anything changes.

By steveoooo on Feb 1, 2021
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Elizabeth on Dec 27, 2013

Excellent Food

I have used this dog food for over a year. I have a 2 year old Boxer and 13 year old Shar pei. And I now have a young boxer on it too. Yup, 3 dogs that go through

I have used this dog food for over a year. I have a 2 year old Boxer and 13 year old Shar pei. And I now have a young boxer on it too. Yup, 3 dogs that go through a lot of food. My old man the Shar pei is doing wonderful on the Classic Beef, he's very spry, healthy and looks a lot younger than he should. FYI, Shar pei's live to 10, this dog food has a hand in keeping him with us longer. The 2 yr old boxer was very allergic when young (hives, digestive issues, etc) and I had to switch food brands many times to get one that agreed with him. Merrick Classic Beef recipe did the trick and he has been healthy with no allergy issues for over a year and he has the most gorgeous silky coat. I highly recommend this product as a high-end dog food that doesn't hurt your wallet.

By Elizabeth on Dec 27, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By CS on Mar 19, 2024

DO NOT PURCHASE - ZERO STARS

ZERO STAR RATING I have fed this food to my dog for quite a while with few problems. But some changes have happened with the food the last year, and it isn't good

ZERO STAR RATING I have fed this food to my dog for quite a while with few problems. But some changes have happened with the food the last year, and it isn't good. The kibble is almost all crushed and smells different. My dog no longer liked eating it. He was becoming very tired, would have vomiting, diarrhea; started to have dry skin and very rough hair, would chew on feet, scratch, and constantly lick his feet and legs. He was miserable until I changed his food. I changed to Hill's Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food. Within one week he was so much better! His stools are firm and no longer vomiting. His hair became very soft, stopped chewing and licking, loved eating food again and regained lots of energy. I am unsure what Merrick has changed, and I DO NOT recommend this food.

By CS on Mar 19, 2024
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Christina on May 14, 2024

Merrick dog food packaging is defective and needs quality control inspection don

Chewy is an amazing company and stand by their customer -100% satisfaction guaranteed and will replace every bag that is damaged. Every bag that I received in total

Chewy is an amazing company and stand by their customer -100% satisfaction guaranteed and will replace every bag that is damaged. Every bag that I received in total 5 to 6 have been replaced free and Chewy continues replacing and I had to tell them to stop because each bag continues coming over damaged in the same area. In my opinion, there is a defect in the manufacture of their bag design that is not strong enough to hold the dog food during shipping or maybe the bag isn’t strong enough to hold the food. The bags that are not properly, strong enough to hold the dog food and always open in the same area. I’m not sure when this happens and how long it’s been open, but it is not safe for your pet and the food is not cheap either. This puts you in a strange predicament as to call Chewy and send photos to prove the damage bag. I don’t like doing this because it makes me feel awkward because it seems like you’re looking for free food when every bag comes damaged. I just want a bag of dog food from Merrick for my boy because I can’t buy anything else for him to eat - so I am stuck. Please make this right merrick you are costing me money because I have to go out and buy a local bag until chewy sends a replacement. I have been compensated by Chewy and they have done the right thing, but I cannot continue ordering this brand of dog food through delivery because every bad comes over damaged and I am back to why, so I would hopefully appreciate someone from the food dog food company will see this and make some changes quickly because I am not happy. You’re costing me money though I have been compensated, but I also have lost money too. and you , have to to the local shelter. I have nothing bad to say about Chewy nor do I have anything bad to say about Merrick dog food product for my dog - it’s the bag design that hold the food is not strong enough. Make it right and get with your team and fix it. I am not the only person with this issues and I will be calling Merrick and be happy to send over all the damage photos of the bags . I will recommend the product because it is good for my dog to eat so that is why I am saying I would recommend this item. The only thing I do not recommend is the design of the bag that is causing issues with the bag opening and having to be replaced over and over, so it’s time we change and fix the issue at hand .

By Christina on May 14, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Peggy on Jun 15, 2025

Finally wants to eat

Our beautiful Dozer passed away and our two other dogs didn’t want to eat. I was struggling trying to find something they wanted to eat!

Our beautiful Dozer passed away and our two other dogs didn’t want to eat. I was struggling trying to find something they wanted to eat!

By Peggy on Jun 15, 2025
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By kathleen on Jan 29, 2025

Great for a kibble

This kibble has been a nice change from chicken, and has some grain to offset the high sulfur in a meat only diet. I will note that I don't serve it without adding

This kibble has been a nice change from chicken, and has some grain to offset the high sulfur in a meat only diet. I will note that I don't serve it without adding extra protein for my dogs such as lightly cooked eggs, sometimes a chicken drumstick (sans bone), pork shoulder, etc. I always cook meat on the bone to have juice and collagen because I have young, active big dogs that need more protein. Beef kidney is also added to the mix for additional taurine, which also helps reduce sulfur and thus reduce the risk of heart failure in their later adult years causing early demise. (Uk and Europe have a taurine requirement and we don't plus most dog foods add very little compared to european requirements, which very based on activity of the animal) Additionally, I do add a pre and probiotic vitamin supplement, and sometimes pumpkin because they eat "stuff" in the woods outside and need digestive help ;) I find this product is a good base to start with and build my dogs' individual nutritional needs from there. That is why 4 stars, but I would not feed any kibble without adding what my dogs actually need to it.

By kathleen on Jan 29, 2025
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Mari on May 27, 2019

Back to grains

I'm a breeder and I show my dogs. I, like so many others, had my dogs on a grain free diet. Because of the recent reports of heart problems associated with this

I'm a breeder and I show my dogs. I, like so many others, had my dogs on a grain free diet. Because of the recent reports of heart problems associated with this diet, I'm back to feeding grains again. My dogs love this food. It's very good quality. I just wish Merrick would eliminate the peas.

By Mari on May 27, 2019
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Nicole on Sep 23, 2024

NOT the same recipe

Not the same recipe, they changed it and it's lower quality now, with less meat and more filler. We've been using this brand for over a decade and my dogs can no

Not the same recipe, they changed it and it's lower quality now, with less meat and more filler. We've been using this brand for over a decade and my dogs can no longer tolerate it, so we're switching. Disappointed.

By Nicole on Sep 23, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Rachel on May 29, 2025

Since a have a dog with food allergies trying to find the right food was tricky

I need to find a dog food that contained no chicken but had grains and as it turned out the whole pack loved it!

I need to find a dog food that contained no chicken but had grains and as it turned out the whole pack loved it!

By Rachel on May 29, 2025
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Kathi on Aug 22, 2025

So far so good!

With food sensitivities we are always vigilant with what our Freddy eats. We were noticing issues with the Blue Buffalo and are trying a transition to the Merrick

With food sensitivities we are always vigilant with what our Freddy eats. We were noticing issues with the Blue Buffalo and are trying a transition to the Merrick. He enjoys it (he's a lab though and basically enjoys all food) and his digestive issues seem to be improving. Going to buy a second, larger bag to mix in and then complete the switch next time, if all continues to go well.

By Kathi on Aug 22, 2025