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Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Lamb, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Split Peas, and Whole Grain Sorghum. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 48.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 20.0%, fat 12.0%, fibre 3.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 48.5%
20%
12%
10%
49%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 48.5% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 20.0%. One cup carries 318 kcal.
PROTEIN
20.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
48.5%
KCAL / CUP
318
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FIRST 4 OF 45 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,617 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
12.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
48.5%

318 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

Deboned Lamb, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Whole Grain Brown Rice, Split Peas, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Whole Grain Barley, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Whole Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Chia Seed, Dried Coconut, Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried Egg Product, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Kale, Dried Spinach, 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., Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Ascorbic Acid (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, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, 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 20.0% 22.2% LOW
FAT 12.0% 13.3% n/a
FIBRE 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 48.5% 53.9% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 48.5% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

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

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Nutro>Natural Choice range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE NUTRO NATURAL CHOICE ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 22.2% 24.4% 32.3%
CARB, DM 54% 49% 39%
STARCH RATIO 48.5% 44.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 318 320 384
RECALL HISTORY // NUTRO>NATURAL CHOICE

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Nutro>Natural Choice. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. 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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