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Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Pollock Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Pollock Dry Dog Food are Pollock, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Whitefish Meal, and Pea Protein. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 33.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 32.0%, fat 14.0%, fibre 4.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 33.5%
32%
14%
10%
34%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 33.5% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 32.0%. One cup carries 367 kcal.
PROTEIN
32.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
33.5%
KCAL / CUP
367
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FIRST 5 OF 21 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,580 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
32.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
14.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
33.5%

367 kcal per cup. This food is 90% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Pollock, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Whitefish Meal, Pea Protein, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pea Starch, Pea Fiber, Natural Flavor, Flaxseed, Citric Acid (Used As A Preservative), 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., Potassium Chloride, Menhaden Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Choline Chloride, Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source Of Vitamin C), Inositol, Niacin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Beta-Carotene, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin), Mixed Tocopherols (Used As A Preservative), Lactic Acid, Rosemary Extract

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 32.0% 35.6% HIGH
FAT 14.0% 15.6% n/a
FIBRE 4.5% 5.0% n/a
CARB (EST.) 33.5% 37.2% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 33.5% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Natural Balance range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE L.I.D. LIMITED INGREDIENT ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 35.6% 26.7% 32.3%
CARB, DM 37% 48% 39%
STARCH RATIO 33.5% 43.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 367 385 384
RECALL HISTORY // NATURAL BALANCE

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Natural Balance. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

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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