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I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Chicken + Duck Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Chicken + Duck Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Dried Chickpeas, and Dried Lentils. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 35.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 14.0%, fiber 4.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 35.5%
30%
14%
10%
36%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 35.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 412 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
35.5%
KCAL / CUP
412
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I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Chicken + Duck Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 30 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

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

Chicken Meal

Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Turkey Meal

Turkey Meal

Turkey that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.

Dried Chickpeas

Chickpeas with their moisture removed, the usual form used in dry recipes.

Dried Lentils

Lentils with their moisture removed, the usual form used in dry recipes.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,524 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
30.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
35.5%

412 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal, dried chickpeas, dried lentils, dried peas, pea starch, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), duck, dried tomato pomace, flaxseeds, natural flavor, dried sweet potatoes, 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., fish oil, sunflower oil, monosodium phosphate, potassium chloride, minerals (ferrous sulfate, iron amino acid chelate, zinc amino acid chelate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, copper amino acid chelate, manganese amino acid chelate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate), ground miscanthus grass, dried chicory root, taurine, dl-methionine, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid), l-threonine, citric acid (preservative), mixed tocopherols (preservative), choline chloride, dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product, 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, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 30.0% 33.3% HIGH
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBER 4.5% 5.0% n/a
CARB (EST.) 35.5% 39.4% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 35.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.1%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
4 lb $18.99LIVE $4.75 Amazon lowest of 2 stores
11 lb $47.17 $4.29 Chewy
23 lb $79.91 $3.47 Chewy
40 lb $109.99 $2.75 Chewy

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 5. Others are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.6CUPS
    1,076 kcal305 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (412 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // I AND LOVE AND YOU

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    JUL 14, 2015
    SALMONELLA

    beef gullet dog 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

    Other Flavors

    Baked & Saucy Beef + Sweet Potato 31.1% Baked & Saucy Chicken + Sweet Potato 31.1% Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato 33.3% Lovingly Simple Whitefish + Sweet Potato 34.1%

    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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