Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Can, Chicken and Rice Dinner Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 13.2 oz cans. With the water taken out it is 39% protein and 27% fat, and each can carries 446 kcal.
- Sold as a meal for adult dogs
- Minced
- 13.2 oz can
- 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.
Chicken By-Product
The parts of the chicken left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames, used fresh rather than…
Brewers Rice
The small fragments of rice kernel separated out during milling, a by-product of producing whole white rice.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken leads; the 36 nutrient pitch is routine
Signature feature
36 nutrients
Supports everyday health with 36 vitamins, minerals & amino acids
What it is The count spans the recipe: minerals and vitamins are added near the end of the ingredient list, while chicken and other animal ingredients supply amino acids.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Counting 36 nutrients combines vitamins, minerals and amino acids that do different jobs. Every complete adult food must supply essential nutrients, so the tally alone gives your dog no clear advantage.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Chicken and 2 other animal ingredients appear ahead of brewers rice, so rice has a smaller role than the recipe name suggests.
- 1 Chicken
- 3 Meat By-Products
- 4 Chicken By-Products
- 5 Brewers Rice
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Chicken By-Products.
- Thickeners and binders
- Carrageenan, Sodium Tripolyphosphate 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
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,192 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 6.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
446 kcal per 13.2 oz can, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the can size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, Sufficient Water For Processing, Meat By-Products, Chicken By-Products, Brewers Rice, Carob Bean Gum, Minerals (Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Selenium, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Carrageenan, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Guar Gum, Dried Yam, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Natural Flavor
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 | 8.5% | 38.6% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 6.0% | 27.3% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 4.5% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 20.5% | - |
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
Fat supplies most of this meal's calories
62%
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Is it a full meal?
Yes, for adults
The pack presents it as a complete adult food and gives daily feeding amounts. It works as the meal itself, not only a topper.
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein runs below the wet food average we list on a dry basis. Chicken leads the ingredients, but fat supplies more calories than protein.
- Feed it to
- Healthy adult dogs that do well on chicken and need a wet meal with little starch.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs with chicken or mixed animal protein allergies, and dogs with fat restrictions or a history of pancreatitis.
What a can costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.8 oz | $1.82 | $2.28 | Walmart |
Prices 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 (1,192 kcal per kg, 446 kcal per can). 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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