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Nature’s Recipe Original Stew Chicken, Rice & Barley Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 13.2 oz cans. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 23% fat, and each can carries 370 kcal.

  • Sold as a meal for adult dogs
  • Stew
  • 13.2 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 370 kcal and about 10.3 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
36.4%
KCAL / CAN
370
CANS A DAY*
2.9

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

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Nature’s Recipe Original Stew Chicken, Rice & Barley Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 24 COMPONENTS
Water Sufficient for Processing

Water Sufficient for Processing

Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Chicken

Chicken

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

Soy Protein Concentrate

The protein fraction of the soybean, concentrated by removing carbohydrate.
Chicken Liver

Chicken Liver

The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.

Whole Ground Barley

Whole grain barley ground for digestibility, with the bran and germ retained.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First ingredient
Water Sufficient For Processing, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
Chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Chicken Liver.
Thickeners and binders
Guar Gum, Sodium Tripolyphosphate and Carrageenan. 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
990 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
5.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

370 kcal per 13.2 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

Water Sufficient For Processing, Chicken, Soy Protein Concentrate, Chicken Liver, Ground Whole Barley, Canola Oil (preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Brewers Rice, Egg Product, Brown Rice, Peas, Carrots, 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., Dried Brewers Yeast, Guar Gum, Vitamins (l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source Of Vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin, D-calcium Panthothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid), Dicalcium Phosphate, Beta Carotene (preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Minerals (zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Carrageenan, 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 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 1.0% 4.5% -
CARBS (EST.) - 27.3% -

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
36%
Higher than 27%. Median 43%.
Calories
990 kcal/kg
Richer than 50%. Median 994 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
2.9CANS
    1,076 kcal38.3 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (990 kcal per kg, 370 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // NATURE'S RECIPE

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    OCT 13, 2012
    SALMONELLA

    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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Nature’s Recipe Original Stew Lamb, Rice & Barley Recipe 36.4%

    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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