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Blue Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper

Top 5 ingredients of Blue Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper are Beef, Beef Broth, Chicken Broth, Water, and Chicken. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.0%.

Starch works out at 0.0% of this food as fed, below the topper average. Protein comes in at 9.0%.
PROTEIN
9.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
0.0%
KCAL / KG
741
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Blue Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 8 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Broth

Beef Broth

The liquid produced by simmering beef, used to add moisture and flavor.
Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Water

Water

Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…

Our read The ingredients

Lean shredded meat in broth, mostly water

Signature feature

Tender Shreds

With tender pieces of real pulled chicken, or beef and chicken, in a savory broth

Blue says

What it is Shredded beef and chicken in a broth thickened with tapioca starch and guar gum. Beef leads the list, and chicken sits fifth, behind two broths and water.

Our grade

  1. Marketing
  2. Modest
  3. Meaningful

About 79% of the calories come from protein, so the shreds are lean meat, not fat. But each pouch is mostly water, which makes this a moisture and interest boost more than a protein upgrade.

Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.

Two broths and water sit second to fourth, ahead of the chicken in the name. Much of what you pour is liquid.

  • 2 Beef Broth
  • 3 Chicken Broth
  • 4 Water

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
741 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
1.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
0.5%
Moisture (max.)
86.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
0.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

Beef, Beef Broth, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken, Tapioca Starch, Vegetable Oil, Guar Gum

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 9.0% 64.3% HIGH
FAT 1.0% 7.1% n/a
FIBER 0.5% 3.6% n/a
CARB (EST.) 0.0% 10.7% LOW
STARCH RATIO 0.0% TOPPER AVG 11.5%

Our read The label

Lean, wet and light: a garnish, not a meal

The number

52kcal

Calories in one 2.5 oz pouch, the bag's daily serving for a 10 lb dog. Trim that dog's kibble to make room.

  1. Is it a meal?

    No, a topper

    Blue labels it for intermittent or supplemental feeding only. Serve it over a complete food, never in place of one.

  2. Where do the calories come from?

    Mostly protein

    About 79% of the calories come from protein and 21% from fat, with tapioca starch adding almost nothing. That makes it a lean add-on.

Feed it to
Dogs on dry kibble that need coaxing to eat or more water, and owners wanting lean beef and chicken on top.
Skip it for
Dogs allergic to beef or chicken, owners wanting a complete meal, and dogs on strict calorie counts.
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
3.2 oz $1.78 $8.90 Walmart lowest of 2 stores
10 lb $57.36LIVE $5.74 Amazon

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 5. Others are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

RECALL HISTORY // BLUE

2 FDA Recalls On Record

MAR 17, 2017
CONTAINS BEEF THYROID HORMONE

Dog food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

NOV 25, 2015
SALMONELLA

Cub Size - Wild Chews Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

SAME LINE

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Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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