Nature’s Recipe Grain-Free Easy to Digest Salmon, Sweet Potato, & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Nature's Recipe Grain-Free Easy to Digest Salmon, Sweet Potato, & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food are Salmon, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Tapioca Starch, and Canola Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 43.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Tapioca Starch
The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Canola Meal
The protein-rich meal left after oil has been pressed from canola seed.
Our read The ingredients
Real plant fiber, with a stretched claim
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Sweet potatoes and pumpkin
Fiber from sweet potatoes and pumpkin helps support digestion and immune system health
What it is Sweet potatoes and pumpkin are part of the kibble, listed third and ninth. Both contribute fiber alongside garbanzo beans and peas.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Fiber can bulk stools, so the digestive claim has a basis. Nature's Recipe stretches that into immune support, a bigger promise than these ingredients justify.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Sweet potatoes rank third; pumpkin follows tapioca, garbanzo beans and peas. The two named plants do not carry equal weight in the recipe.
- 3 Sweet Potatoes
- 4 Tapioca Starch
- 6 Garbanzo Beans
- 7 Peas
- 9 Pumpkin
- 12 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,400 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 25.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 12.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 43.0%
330 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Salmon, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Tapioca Starch, Canola Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, 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, Taurine, Dl-methionine, Minerals (ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), Calcium Carbonate, Vitamins (vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source Of Vitamin C), Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Thiamine Mononitrate, D-calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin), Choline Chloride, L-threonine, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid (used As A Preservative), 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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 25.0% | 27.8% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 12.0% | 13.3% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 43.0% | 47.8% | HIGH |
Our read The label
A lighter cup with carbohydrates leading
194mg
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein runs below the dry food average we list on a dry basis. Salmon leads, but the recipe has a larger carbohydrate share.
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Where do the calories come from?
Carbs lead
Carbohydrates supply an estimated 44% of calories, more than fat or protein. Sweet potatoes, tapioca and legumes help explain that lead.
- Feed it to
- Healthy adults that tolerate salmon and chicken, especially dogs whose owners want a lighter cup.
- Skip it for
- Dogs with chicken allergies, dogs on a low carbohydrate diet, and owners seeking only fish protein.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 lb | $9.78LIVE | $2.45 | Amazon |
| 8 lb | $19.56LIVE | $2.45 | Amazon |
| 24 lb | $95.94 | $4.00 | Chewy |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 5. Others are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (330 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Pet Treat 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 on a dry matter basis, read the same way.
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