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Natural Balance Platefulls Tender Carrot, Potato & Beef Recipe Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 9.0 oz pouches, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 42% protein and 22% fat, and each pouch carries 315 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • 9.0 oz pouch
  • 75% water
Protein is 42.0% once the water is taken out, close to the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 10.5% because that figure includes the water. One pouch carries 315 kcal and about 6.8 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
42.0%
KCAL / POUCH
315
POUCHES A DAY*
3.4
COST A DAY*
$20.21

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

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Natural Balance Platefulls Tender Carrot, Potato & Beef Recipe Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 16 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

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

Carrots

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

Potatoes

The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Bone Broth

Beef Bone Broth

Broth produced by simmering beef bones, then used as a liquid in the recipe.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the pouch

First meat
Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Beef.
Thickeners and binders
None we recognize.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the pouch, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,230 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
10.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
5.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
75.0%

315 kcal per 9.0 oz pouch.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the pouch prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, Carrots, Potatoes, Beef, Beef Bone Broth, 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., Spinach, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Beta-Carotene, Folic Acid), Minerals (Zinc Oxide, Reduced Iron, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Tuna Oil, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, Sage, Thyme, Rosemary, Choline Chloride

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 10.5% 42.0% 43.2%
FAT 5.5% 22.0% 22.2%
FIBER 3.0% 12.0% -
CARBS (EST.) - 16.0% -

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

AMONG 821 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
42%
Higher than 47%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,230 kcal/kg
Richer than 85%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
75%
Wetter than 3%. Median 78%.
Price per 1,000 kcal
$18.79
Pricier than 86%. Median $10.36.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a pouch costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
9.6 oz $6.29 $10.48 Petco

Prices are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
3.4POUCHES
    1,076 kcal30.9 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,230 kcal per kg, 315 kcal per pouch). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // NATURAL BALANCE

    2 FDA Recalls On Record

    MAY 11, 2012
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Correction to date codes in May 4 2012 Natural Balance recall Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    MAY 4, 2012
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Certain dry dog and cat foods made at Diamond Gaston, SC plant 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

    Original Ultra Beef Recipe Paté 31.8% Platefulls Savory Duck & Pumpkin Recipe 42.0% Platefulls Harvest Chicken & Rice Recipe 38.9% Limited Ingredient Diets Sweet Potato & Salmon Recipe Grain-Free 22.7%

    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 pouch. 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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