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NutriSource Element Series Grain Free Wild Range Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of NutriSource Element Series Grain Free Wild Range Recipe Dry Dog Food are chicken, pork, bison, chicken meal, and garbanzo beans. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 25.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 36.0%, fat 18.0%, fibre 5.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 25.0%
36%
18%
10%
25%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 25.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 36.0%. One cup carries 490 kcal.
PROTEIN
36.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
25.0%
KCAL / CUP
490
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FIRST 5 OF 40 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,113 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
36.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
25.0%

490 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, pork, bison, chicken meal, garbanzo beans, red lentils, beef meal, pork meal, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols and citric acid), pea starch, tapioca starch, pork plasma, porcine gelatin, dried egg product, sweet potato, natural chicken and turkey flavors, salmon oil (preserved with tocopherols), flax seed, minerals (zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, selenium yeast, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, calcium iodate), miscanthus grass, yeast extract, potassium chloride, dried squash, dried pumpkin, choline 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., vitamins (vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, d-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), DL methionine, lactic acid, taurine, L-carnitine, rosemary 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, and dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation 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 36.0% 40.0% HIGH
FAT 18.0% 20.0% n/a
FIBRE 5.0% 5.6% n/a
CARB (EST.) 25.0% 27.8% LOW
STARCH RATIO 25.0% 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 (490 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 40.0% 24.4% 30.2%
CARB, DM 28% 49% 42%
STARCH RATIO 25.0% 44.0% 37.98%
KCAL / CUP 490 393 395
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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