Inaba Churu Meal Tuna with Beef Recipe Grain-Free Dog Food Topper
A topper in 5.1 oz tubes, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 47% protein and 23% fat, and each tube carries 112 kcal.
- Topper, not a complete meal
- 5.1 oz tube
- 85% water
Ingredient Wiki
Water
Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Tuna
The flesh of tuna, an oily ocean fish, used fresh.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Tapioca Starch
The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
What’s in the tube
- First ingredient
- Water, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- Tuna, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Tuna, Chicken and Beef.
- Thickeners and binders
- Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum and Gelatin. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- Paprika Oleoresin. Color is there for the person opening the tube; it adds nothing for the dog.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the tube, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 780 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 7.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 3.5%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 0.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 85.0%
112 kcal per 5.1 oz tube, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the tube size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the tube prints it, heaviest first
Water, Tuna, Chicken, Beef, Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum, Natural Tuna Flavor, Yeast Extract, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Gelatin, Paprika Oleoresin (color), Vitamin E Supplement, Magnesium Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Minerals(Dicalcium Phosphate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Green Tea Extract, Vitamins (Riboflavin, Vitamin A Acetate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Sodium Selenite
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.
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 | TOPPER MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 7.0% | 46.7% | 42.5% |
| FAT | 3.5% | 23.3% | 18.0% |
| FIBER | 0.5% | 3.3% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 13.3% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to INABA. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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