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Nulo FreeStyle Paté Small Breed Duck & Chickpeas Recipe Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 5.5 oz cans, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 48% protein and 36% fat, and each can carries 203 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Paté
  • 5.5 oz can
  • 78% water
Protein is 47.7% once the water is taken out, above the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 10.5% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 203 kcal and about 4.3 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
47.7%
KCAL / CAN
203
CANS A DAY*
5.3

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

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Nulo FreeStyle Paté Small Breed Duck & Chickpeas Recipe Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 37 COMPONENTS
Duck

Duck

The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Duck Broth

Duck Broth

The liquid produced by simmering duck, used to add moisture and flavor.
Turkey Liver

Turkey Liver

The liver of the turkey, an organ meat.
Chickpeas

Chickpeas

The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.

Natural Flavor

A flavoring derived from an animal or plant source, added to improve taste.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First meat
Duck, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Duck and Turkey Liver.
Thickeners and binders
Guar Gum and Agar. 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
1,300 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
10.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

203 kcal per 5.5 oz can.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Duck, Duck Broth, Turkey Liver, Chickpeas, Natural Flavor, Ground Lentils, Ground Flaxseed, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pea Fiber, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Salmon Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), 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., Agar, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Sodium Carbonate, Magnesium Sulfate, L-Carnitine, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Cobalt Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid

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% 47.7% 43.2%
FAT 8.0% 36.4% 22.2%
FIBER 1.5% 6.8% -
CARBS (EST.) - 0.0% -

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

AMONG 816 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
48%
Higher than 80%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,300 kcal/kg
Richer than 92%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
78%
Wetter than 6%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
5.3CANS
    1,076 kcal29.2 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,300 kcal per kg, 203 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // NULO

    No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012

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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

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    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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