Merrick Grammy’s Grain Free Chicken Pot Pie Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 12.7 oz cans. With the water taken out it is 44% protein and 22% fat, and each can carries 399 kcal.
- Sold as a meal for adult dogs
- 12.7 oz can
- 82% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Dried Egg Product
Egg content dried and processed into a concentrated, stable ingredient.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Our read The ingredients
Meaty pieces make a familiar stew
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Real Meaty Pieces
Real meaty pieces in delicious gravy that adds flavor & moisture to your dog’s diet
What it is Visible pieces of meat and vegetables in gravy. Deboned Chicken and Chicken Broth hold the first 2 ingredient positions, with potatoes, carrots and peas farther down.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Broth adds water to the meal, raising fluid intake for a dog otherwise eating dry food. Merrick’s chunky stew delivers that benefit, but moisture is standard in canned food.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Chicken, broth and egg take the first 3 spots, ahead of potatoes and carrots. The vegetable pitch does not drive this recipe.
- 1 Deboned Chicken
- 2 Chicken Broth
- 3 Dried Egg Product
- 4 Potatoes
- 5 Carrots
- 12 Salt
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Deboned Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Deboned Chicken and Dried Egg Product.
- Thickeners and binders
- Agar Agar, Guar Gum and Potato Starch. 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”
- Calories
- 1,109 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 4.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.8%
- Moisture (max.)
- 82.0%
399 kcal per 12.7 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Broth, Dried Egg Product, Potatoes, Carrots, Apples, Peas, Natural Flavor, Agar Agar, Guar Gum, Potato Protein, 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., Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, MINERALS [Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide], Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Niacin Supplement (Vitamin B-3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9)], Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Calcium Carbonate, Sunflower Oil, Choline Chloride, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Yucca Schidigera Extract. B297223
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.
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 | 8.0% | 44.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 4.0% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.8% | 10.0% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 12.2% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
A rich stew for healthy adults
55%
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Is it a high-protein food?
Near average
Its protein sits close to the wet food average. Chicken leads, but this can is not unusually protein heavy.
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Is it for puppies?
No
The can says adult and all breeds, which covers small and large grown dogs. Growing puppies need a food labeled for growth.
- Feed it to
- Healthy adults of any breed that eat chicken and egg and benefit from moisture at mealtime.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs with chicken or egg allergies, and dogs on a low-fat diet.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,109 kcal per kg, 399 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Beef dog treat varieties 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
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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