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NutriSource Element Series Grain Free Upland Stream Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of NutriSource Element Series Grain Free Upland Stream Recipe Dry Dog Food are quail, rabbit, trout, lentils, and pork protein concentrate. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 24.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 38.0%, fat 17.0%, fibre 5.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 24.0%
38%
17%
10%
24%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 24.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 38.0%. One cup carries 504 kcal.
PROTEIN
38.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
24.0%
KCAL / CUP
504
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FIRST 5 OF 43 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,086 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
38.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
17.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
24.0%

504 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

quail, rabbit, trout, lentils, pork protein concentrate, turkey meal, garbanzo beans, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols and citric acid), whitefish meal, pork meal, pea starch, tapioca starch, natural chicken and turkey flavors, rabbit meal, sweet potatoes, flax seed, duck meal, miscanthus grass, yeast extract, 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., dried apples, dried squash, choline chloride, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, minerals (zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, selenium yeast, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, calcium iodate), hydrolyzed yeast, taurine, brewers dried yeast, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement), lactic acid, yucca schidigera extract, yeast culture, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, 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 38.0% 42.2% HIGH
FAT 17.0% 18.9% n/a
FIBRE 5.0% 5.6% n/a
CARB (EST.) 24.0% 26.7% LOW
STARCH RATIO 24.0% 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 (504 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 42.2% 24.4% 30.2%
CARB, DM 27% 49% 42%
STARCH RATIO 24.0% 44.0% 37.98%
KCAL / CUP 504 393 395
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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