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NutriSource Choice BUY Performance Chicken Affordable Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of NutriSource Choice BUY Performance Chicken Affordable Dry Dog Food are chicken meal, peas, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols and citric acid), pea starch, and dried yeast. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 28.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 20.0%, fibre 6.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 28.0%
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  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 28.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 431 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
28.0%
KCAL / CUP
431
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FIRST 5 OF 20 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,143 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
30.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
6.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
28.0%

431 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

chicken meal, peas, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols and citric acid), pea starch, dried yeast, barley, dried plain beet pulp, flax seed, natural chicken and turkey flavors, sunflower meal, potassium chloride, 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., minerals (zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, manganese proteinate, ethylenediamine dihydroiodide), choline chloride, lactic acid, calcium carbonate, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, vitamin A supplement, riboflavin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid), taurine, L-carnitine, 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 30.0% 33.3% HIGH
FAT 20.0% 22.2% n/a
FIBRE 6.0% 6.7% n/a
CARB (EST.) 28.0% 31.1% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 28.0% KIBBLE AVG 37.98%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
Weight
45 lb
Goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
--CUPS
-- KCAL

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (431 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the NutriSource range and the kibble average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE CHOICE WHITEFISH MEAL KIBBLE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 33.3% 24.4% 30.2%
CARB, DM 31% 49% 42%
STARCH RATIO 28.0% 44.0% 37.98%
KCAL / CUP 431 393 395
RECALL HISTORY // NUTRISOURCE

1 FDA Recall On Record

OCT 12, 2021
ELEVATED LEVELS OF VITAMIN D

Pure Vita Salmon Entrée Dog Food Reflects the manufacturer, not this recipe.

None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. 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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