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%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Pork
The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Bison
The clean flesh of the bison, used fresh.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Garbanzo Beans
The seed of the chickpea plant, the same legume sold under the name chickpea.
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
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.
| 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 |
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.
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 |
1 FDA Recall On Record
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
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.