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Canidae Pure Petite , Grain Free Chicken & Peas Pâté for Small Breed Dogs Wet Dog Food

Wet food. With the water taken out it is 39% protein and 23% fat.

  • Sold as a meal
  • Paté
  • 78% water
Protein is 38.6% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 8.5% because that figure includes the water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
38.6%
KCAL / SERVING
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FAT, WATER OUT
22.7%
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Canidae Pure Petite , Grain Free Chicken & Peas Pâté for Small Breed Dogs Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 18 COMPONENTS
Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

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

Chicken

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

Turkey

The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Chicken Liver

Chicken Liver

The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Dried Peas

Dried Peas

Peas with their moisture removed, used as a concentrated legume ingredient.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First ingredient
Chicken Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
Chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken, Turkey and Chicken Liver.
Thickeners and binders
Cassia Gum, Guar Gum and Xanthan Gum. 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”

Crude Protein (min.)
8.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
5.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken Broth, Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Liver, Dried Peas, Peas, Dicalcium Phosphate, Cassia Gum, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Chloride, 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., Natural Flavor, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Choline Chloride, Menhaden Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Rosemary Extract

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 8.5% 38.6% 43.2%
FAT 5.0% 22.7% 22.2%
FIBER 1.5% 6.8% -
CARBS (EST.) - 22.7% -

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

AMONG 816 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
39%
Higher than 29%. Median 43%.
Water
78%
Wetter than 6%. Median 78%.
RECALL HISTORY // CANIDAE

1 FDA Recall On Record

MAY 5, 2012
POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

Canidae dry dog and cat food 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

All Life Stages , Lamb & Rice Recipe 36.4% Pure , Lamb Recipe Grain-Free 31.8% All Life Stages , Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 40.9% All Life Stages , Chicken and Rice 40.9%

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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