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Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper

Top 5 ingredients of Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper are Beef, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, and Dried Egg Product. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.0%.

Composition as fed: protein 8.0%, fat 2.5%, fiber 1.5%, moisture 82.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 0.0%
8%
82%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 0.0% of this food as fed, below the topper average. Protein comes in at 8.0%. One pouch carries 78 kcal.
PROTEIN
8.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
0.0%
KCAL / POUCH
78
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PetSmart 3 oz $1.66 ($8.74/lb)
Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 11 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

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

Chicken Liver

The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Dried Egg Product

Dried Egg Product

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

Our read The ingredients

Beef leads, but chicken runs right behind it

Signature feature

Chunky beef bites

Wild cuts chunky beef bites in hearty gravy

Blue says

What it is Beef, first on the list, cut into chunks and set in a gravy of chicken broth and water, thickened with potato starch and guar gum.

Our grade

  1. Marketing
  2. Modest
  3. Meaningful

Beef leads, so the name is honest about the main meat. Chicken broth and chicken liver sit second and fourth, though, so a dog avoiding chicken gets it anyway.

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

The pack sells beef, but chicken broth, chicken liver and egg fill out the top five. Dogs that react to chicken or egg should pass.

  • 1 Beef
  • 2 Chicken Broth
  • 4 Chicken Liver
  • 5 Dried Egg Product
  • 10 Salt

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
920 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
2.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
82.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
0.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Beef, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Dried Egg Product, Potato Starch, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, 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., 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, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 8.0% 44.4% HIGH
FAT 2.5% 13.9% n/a
FIBER 1.5% 8.3% n/a
CARB (EST.) 0.0% 22.2% LOW
STARCH RATIO 0.0% TOPPER AVG 11.3%

Our read The label

A light pouch of protein, not a meal

The number

57%

Share of the calories in each 78 kcal pouch that come from protein. Fat supplies the rest, and starch barely registers.

  1. Is it a meal?

    No, a topper

    Blue sells it as a topper or snack. Spoon it over a complete food, and count the 78 kcal pouch in the day's total.

  2. Is it a high-protein topper?

    Slightly below

    Protein runs 44% on a dry basis against 48% for the average topper we list. With 82% moisture, most of the pouch is water.

Feed it to
Adults on a complete dry food whose owners want some moist beef and gravy on top.
Skip it for
Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken or egg, and owners hoping a topper will replace a meal.
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
3 oz $1.66LIVE $8.74 PetSmart
3.2 oz $1.46 $7.30 Walmart lowest of 10 stores

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 12. 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.

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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