Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Can, Beef, Bacon & Cheese Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 3.5 oz pouches, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 27% fat, and each pouch carries 114 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- Minced
- 3.5 oz pouch
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Sufficient Water For Processing
Meat By-Products
The parts of a mammal left after the flesh is removed, without the animal being named.
Animal Liver
Liver from an unspecified animal.
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Our read The ingredients
A chicken dinner sold under a beef name
Signature feature
Real beef
Beef, bacon & cheese flavor. Made with real beef
What it is Beef is 5th on the list, after chicken, water, meat by-products and animal liver. Bacon comes 6th and dried cheese 8th, behind the minerals.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
A flavor name on a can only needs enough of that ingredient to taste. Beef is here, but chicken leads, so a dog that reacts to chicken gets it in every bowl.
Marketing The claim outruns anything in the recipe.
Chicken leads and beef sits 5th, with bacon right behind it. The can sells beef, but this is a chicken-based dinner.
- 1 Chicken
- 5 Beef
- 6 Bacon
What’s in the pouch
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Beef.
- Thickeners and binders
- Carrageenan, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Xanthan Gum, Wheat Flour and Guar Gum. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- Added Color. Color is there for the person opening the pouch; it adds nothing for the dog.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the pouch, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,143 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 6.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
114 kcal per 3.5 oz pouch.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the pouch prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, Sufficient Water For Processing, Meat By-Products, Animal Liver, Beef, Bacon, Minerals (Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Dried Cheese, Added Color, Carrageenan, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Dried Yam, Natural Smoke Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Wheat Flour, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Guar Gum, Sodium Nitrite (For Color Retention)
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.
Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.
| NUTRIENT | ON THE LABEL | WATER OUT | WET FOOD MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 8.0% | 36.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 6.0% | 27.3% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 4.5% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 22.7% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
Rich in fat, light on carbs, adult only
62%
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Where do the calories come from?
Mostly fat
Protein supplies about 34% of calories and carbs about 4%. Protein on a dry basis runs below the 42.1% average for wet foods we list.
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Is it a meal?
Yes, for adults
Pedigree sells it as complete and balanced for adult dogs, fed alone or mixed into dry. Puppies need a food made for growth.
- Feed it to
- Healthy, active adult dogs that do fine on chicken and richer food, fed alone or mixed into dry.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs on a low-fat diet or with a history of pancreatitis, and dogs allergic to chicken or wheat.
What a pouch costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.38 lb | $2.28LIVE | $1.65 | PetSmart |
| 1.4 lb | $2.28 | $1.63 | PetSmart lowest of 2 stores |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 18. Others are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,143 kcal per kg, 114 kcal per pouch). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
5 FDA Recalls On Record
High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor Wet Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Expansion: Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition dry dog food (Walmart/Dollar General) Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition dry dog food, specific lots Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
2 of these fell in the last three years. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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