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Merrick Lil’ Plates Petite Pates Chicken Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 3.0 oz cans. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 23% fat, and each can carries 101 kcal.

  • Sold as a meal for adult dogs
  • 3.0 oz can
  • 78% water
Protein is 36.4% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 8.0% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 101 kcal and about 2.3 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
36.4%
KCAL / CAN
101
CANS A DAY*
10.6

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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Merrick Lil’ Plates Petite Pates Chicken Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 19 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

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

Chicken Broth

The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Chicken Liver

Chicken Liver

The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Carrots

Carrots

The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Green Beans

Green Beans

The immature pod and seed of the common bean, used fresh or dried.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First meat
Deboned Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Deboned Chicken, Chicken Liver and Dried Egg Product.
Thickeners and binders
Guar Gum and Xanthan Gum. 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
1,184 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
5.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
2.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

101 kcal per 3.0 oz can, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the can size.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Carrots, Green Beans, Dried Egg Product, Natural Flavor, Flaxseed Oil, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, 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., Guar Gum, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate), Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodate, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Sodium Selenite), Xanthan Gum, Taurine, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme. B287123

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 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 8.0% 36.4% 43.2%
FAT 5.0% 22.7% 22.2%
FIBER 2.0% 9.1% -
CARBS (EST.) - 22.7% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 828 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
36%
Higher than 28%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,184 kcal/kg
Richer than 80%. Median 995 kcal/kg.
Water
78%
Wetter than 5%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
10.7CANS
    1,076 kcal32.1 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,184 kcal per kg, 101 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // MERRICK

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    MAY 23, 2018
    INGREDIENT LEVEL

    ‎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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Backcountry Grain Free Real Beef 45.5% Backcountry Grain Free Real Chicken 45.5% Lil’ Plates Small Breed Thanksgiving Grain-Free 44.4% Lil’ Plates Small Breed Grain Free Duck 44.4%

    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 can. 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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