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Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium Wet Dog Food

Wet food. With the water taken out it is 39% protein and 35% fat.

  • Sold as a meal
  • 77% water
Protein is 39.1% 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
39.1%
KCAL / SERVING
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FAT, WATER OUT
34.8%
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Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 7 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

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

Guar Gum

A thickener extracted from the seed of the guar bean.

Agar-Agar

A gelling agent extracted from seaweed, used to set wet food.

Minerals
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First meat
Chicken, first on the list.
Thickeners and binders
Guar Gum and 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
1,356 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
77.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first

Chicken, Water Sufficient For Processing, Guar Gum, Agar-Agar, 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), Sodium Carbonate

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

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% 39.1% 43.2%
FAT 8.0% 34.8% 22.2%
FIBER 1.0% 4.3% -
CARBS (EST.) - 13.0% -

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 34%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,356 kcal/kg
Richer than 95%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
77%
Wetter than 5%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
28.0OUNCES
    1,076 kcal794 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,356 kcal per kg). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    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 Naturally Healthy Chicken & Beef Entrée For Dogs / 40.9% Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Bland 31.8%

    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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