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Vital Essentials Duck Mini Patties Freeze-Dried Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Vital Essentials Duck Mini Patties Freeze-Dried Dog Food are Duck, duck gizzard, duck liver, herring oil, and mixed tocopherols (preservative). According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 12.0%.

Composition as fed: protein 45.0%, fat 24.0%, fiber 5.0%, moisture 8.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 12.0%
45%
24%
8%
12%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 12.0% of this food as fed, close to the freeze-dried food average. Protein comes in at 45.0%.
PROTEIN
45.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
12.0%
KCAL / KG
4,270
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Vital Essentials Duck Mini Patties Freeze-Dried Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 10 COMPONENTS
Duck

Duck

The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.

Duck Gizzards
Duck Liver

Duck Liver

The liver of the duck, an organ meat.
Herring Oil

Herring Oil

Oil pressed from herring, an oily cold-water fish.

Mixed Tocopherols

A blend of the naturally occurring forms of vitamin E, used to keep fats from turning rancid.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,270 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
45.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
24.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
8.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
12.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

Duck, duck gizzard, duck liver, herring oil, mixed tocopherols (preservative), vitamin E supplement, zinc amino acid complex, iron amino acid complex, copper amino acid complex, manganese amino acid complex

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.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 45.0% 48.9% HIGH
FAT 24.0% 26.1% n/a
FIBER 5.0% 5.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 12.0% 13.0% LOW
STARCH RATIO 12.0% FREEZE-DRIED AVG 13.6%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
14.4 oz $42.99 $47.77 Chewy lowest of 2 stores

Prices are from our check on Oct 17. 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
8.9OUNCES
    1,076 kcal252 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (4,270 kcal per kg). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // VITAL ESSENTIALS

    No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012

    We have not matched any FDA recall to Vital Essentials. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Duck Soft Nibs 48.9% Soft Nibs Beef 43.5% Entrée (Nibs) Chicken Nibs 54.3% Rabbit Mini Patties 59.8%

    Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

    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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