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Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Beef Entrée For Dogs / Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 13.2 oz cans, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 41% protein and 27% fat.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • 13.2 oz can
  • 78% water
Protein is 40.9% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 9.0% because that figure includes the water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
40.9%
KCAL / CAN
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FAT, WATER OUT
27.3%
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Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Beef Entrée For Dogs / Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 25 COMPONENTS
Water Sufficient for Processing

Water Sufficient for Processing

Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Beef Liver

Beef Liver

The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Beef

Beef

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

Chicken

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

Dried Egg Product

Egg content dried and processed into a concentrated, stable ingredient.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First ingredient
Water sufficient for processing, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
beef liver, second on the list. Named meats near the top: beef liver, beef, chicken and dried egg product.
Thickeners and binders
guar gum, sodium tripolyphosphate and carrageenan. 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 can, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
6.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Water sufficient for processing, beef liver, beef, chicken, dried egg product, tricalcium phosphate, guar gum, sodium tripolyphosphate, 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., potassium chloride, carrageenan, vitamins*, choline chloride, minerals**. *vitamins: vitamin e, a, b12, D3 supplements, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, riboflavin supplement. **minerals: ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper proteinate, manganous sulfate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite

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 9.0% 40.9% 43.2%
FAT 6.0% 27.3% 22.2%
FIBER 1.0% 4.5% -
CARBS (EST.) - 18.2% -

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
41%
Higher than 36%. Median 43%.
Water
78%
Wetter than 6%. Median 78%.
RECALL HISTORY // DAVE'S PET FOOD

No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012

We have not matched any FDA recall to Dave's Pet Food. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

SAME LINE

Other Flavors

Dave’s Pet Food Stewlicious Meaty Beefy Stew For Dogs / 44.4% Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 40.9% Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Bland 31.8% Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 39.1%

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 can. 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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