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Solid Gold NutrientBoost Chicken Meatball Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 10.0 oz pouches, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 33% protein and 10% fat, and each pouch carries 453 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • 10.0 oz pouch
  • 61% water
Protein is 33.3% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 13.0% because that figure includes the water. One pouch carries 453 kcal and about 6.1 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
33.3%
KCAL / POUCH
453
POUCHES A DAY*
2.4
COST A DAY*
$21.19

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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Solid Gold NutrientBoost Chicken Meatball Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 19 COMPONENTS
Chicken

Chicken

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

Tapioca Starch

The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Water Sufficient for Processing

Water Sufficient for Processing

Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Dried Egg Product

Dried Egg Product

Egg content dried and processed into a concentrated, stable ingredient.

Animal Plasma
READING THE LIST

What’s in the pouch

First meat
Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Dried Egg Product.
Thickeners and binders
Tapioca Starch, Animal Plasma and Sodium Tripolyphosphate. 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 pouch, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,597 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
13.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
4.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
61.0%

453 kcal per 10.0 oz pouch, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the pouch size.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the pouch prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, Tapioca Starch, Water Sufficient for Processing, Dried Egg Product, Animal Plasma, Carrots, Pumpkin, 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., Powdered Cellulose, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sunflower Oil, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potassium Chloride, Mangesium Sulfate, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid), Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Choline Chloride, Fish Oil, Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate

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 WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

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 13.0% 33.3% 43.2%
FAT 4.0% 10.3% 22.2%
FIBER 4.0% 10.3% -
CARBS (EST.) - 41.0% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 629 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
33%
Higher than 14%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,597 kcal/kg
Richer than 99%. Median 1,020 kcal/kg.
Water
61%
Wetter than 0%. Median 78%.
Price per 1,000 kcal
$19.70
Pricier than 86%. Median $10.18.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a pouch costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
11.2 oz $9.99 $14.27 Chewy

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.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.4POUCHES
    1,076 kcal23.8 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,597 kcal per kg, 453 kcal per pouch). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // SOLID GOLD

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    MAY 8, 2012
    SALMONELLA

    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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Green Cow 53.8% Mighty Mini Turkey 41.7% Leaping Waters Grain Free Fish 36.4% Barking at the Moon Beef 43.2%

    Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, 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 pouch. 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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