Simply Nourish Original Senior with Glucosamine - Shreds, Chicken & Vegetable Stew Grain-Free Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 10.0 oz cans, complete and balanced for senior dogs. With the water taken out it is 59% protein and 6% fat, and each can carries 221 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for senior dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- Stew
- 10.0 oz can
- 83% 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…
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Water Sufficient for Processing
Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Tapioca Starch
The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Our read The ingredients
Shredded chicken stew with glucosamine added
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Glucosamine
Grain Free Senior With Glucosamine Chicken & Vegetable Stew
What it is Glucosamine hydrochloride, 15th on the list, added after the fish oil and the calcium salts. Chondroitin sulfate, its usual partner, sits five places lower in the mineral premix.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Glucosamine has a real joint mechanism, but useful doses usually come from supplements. Sitting below three calcium salts and the fish oil, it's a top-up for an older dog's joints, not a stand-in for a joint chew.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
The shreds are chicken, first on the list. Carrot, pumpkin and pea sit above the oil, with spinach just after it, so the vegetables in the stew's name are a real share.
- 4 Carrot
- 6 Pumpkin
- 7 Pea
- 9 Spinach
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list.
- Thickeners and binders
- Tapioca Starch and Xanthan 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
- 781 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 10.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 1.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 83.0%
221 kcal per 10.0 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water Sufficient For Processing, Carrot, Tapioca Starch, Pumpkin, Pea, Sunflower Oil, Spinach, Calcium Lactate, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Fish Oil, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, Chondroitin Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Pantothenate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin B12 Supplement
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 | 10.0% | 58.8% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 1.0% | 5.9% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 5.9% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 17.6% | - |
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
A lean, protein-led stew for older dogs
45%
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
58.8% protein with the water taken out, higher than 97% of the wet foods we list, where the median is 43%. Most of the solids are protein, led by chicken.
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Is it starch-free?
No
Tapioca starch sits fifth and pea seventh. Grain free means no cereal grains, not no starch; tapioca is what thickens the broth around the shreds.
- Feed it to
- Older dogs that need lean calories, dogs that do well on chicken, and owners who want more moisture in the bowl.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to chicken or fish, seniors on a vet-ordered protein limit for kidney disease, and owners counting on it for joint care.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (781 kcal per kg, 221 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Frozen dog food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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