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Nutro Max Puppy Chicken Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Nutro Max Puppy Chicken Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Barley, Chicken, Whole Grain Sorghum, and Brewers Rice. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 38.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 26.0%, fat 16.0%, fiber 4.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 38.0%
26%
16%
10%
38%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 38.0% of this cup, close to the kibble average. Protein comes in at 26.0%. One cup carries 380 kcal.
PROTEIN
26.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
38.0%
KCAL / CUP
380
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Nutro Max Puppy Chicken Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 38 COMPONENTS
Chicken Meal

Chicken Meal

Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Whole Grain Barley

Whole Grain Barley

Barley with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than polished away.
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Whole Grain Sorghum

Whole Grain Sorghum

Sorghum grain with its bran and germ intact, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.
Brewers Rice

Brewers Rice

The small fragments of rice kernel separated out during milling, a by-product of producing whole white rice.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,647 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
26.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
16.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
38.0%

380 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Barley, Chicken, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Split Peas, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Natural Flavors, Whole Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Fish 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., Choline Chloride, Dicalcium Phosphate, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Manganous Oxide, Folic Acid, 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 26.0% 28.9% TYPICAL
FAT 16.0% 17.8% n/a
FIBER 4.0% 4.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 38.0% 42.2% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 38.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
12 lb $26.98LIVE $2.25 PetSmart lowest of 3 stores

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 18. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.8CUPS
    1,076 kcal295 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (380 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // MAX

    No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012

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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Nutro Max Adult Beef 24.4% Nutro Max Large Breed Puppy Chicken 26.7% Nutro Max Senior Chicken 26.7% Nutro Max Adult Chicken 24.4%

    Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

    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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