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Natural Balance Original Ultra Beef Recipe Paté Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 13.0 oz servings, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 32% protein and 18% fat, and each serving carries 376 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Paté
  • 13.0 oz serving
  • 78% water
Protein is 31.8% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 7.0% because that figure includes the water. One serving carries 376 kcal and about 10.1 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
31.8%
KCAL / SERVING
376
SERVINGS A DAY*
2.9

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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Natural Balance Original Ultra Beef Recipe Paté Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 24 COMPONENTS
Beef Broth

Beef Broth

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

Beef

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

Potatoes

The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Beef Liver

Beef Liver

The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Brown Rice

Brown Rice

Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First ingredient
Beef Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
Beef, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Beef and Beef Liver.
Thickeners and binders
Agar-agar. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the serving, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,020 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
7.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
4.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
2.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

376 kcal per 13.0 oz serving, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the serving size.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Beef Broth, Beef, Potatoes, Beef Liver, Brown Rice, Carrots, Oat Bran, Ground Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Canola Oil, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Agar-agar, Potassium Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Selenite), Dried Kelp, Natural Smoke Flavor, Menhaden Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid), Taurine, Choline Chloride, Parsley, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Sodium Carbonate

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.

NUTRIENT ON THE LABEL WATER OUT WET FOOD MEDIAN
PROTEIN 7.0% 31.8% 43.2%
FAT 4.0% 18.2% 22.2%
FIBER 2.0% 9.1% -
CARBS (EST.) - 31.8% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 821 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
32%
Higher than 9%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,020 kcal/kg
Richer than 53%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
78%
Wetter than 5%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.9SERVINGS
    1,076 kcal37.2 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,020 kcal per kg, 376 kcal per serving). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // NATURAL BALANCE

    2 FDA Recalls On Record

    MAY 11, 2012
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Correction to date codes in May 4 2012 Natural Balance recall Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    MAY 4, 2012
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Certain dry dog and cat foods made at Diamond Gaston, SC plant 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

    Other Flavors

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    Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, 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 serving. 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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