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Wellness CORE Beef, Venison & Lamb Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Wet food. With the water taken out it is 55% protein and 32% fat.

  • Sold as a meal for adult dogs
  • 78% water
Protein is 54.5% once the water is taken out, above the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 12.0% because that figure includes the water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
54.5%
KCAL / SERVING
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FAT, WATER OUT
31.8%
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Wellness CORE Beef, Venison & Lamb Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 45 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Broth

Beef Broth

The liquid produced by simmering beef, used to add moisture and flavor.
Beef Liver

Beef Liver

The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Venison

Venison

The clean flesh of deer, used fresh.
Lamb

Lamb

The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First meat
Beef, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Beef, Beef Liver, Venison, Lamb and Chicken.
Thickeners and binders
Carrageenan 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 serving, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
12.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
7.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Beef, Beef Broth, Beef Liver, Venison, Lamb, Chicken, Pork Liver, Ground Flaxseed, Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Kale, Broccoli, Spinach, Parsley, Apples, Blueberries, Alfalfa Meal, 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., Potassium Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Tricalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid

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 12.0% 54.5% 43.2%
FAT 7.0% 31.8% 22.2%
FIBER 1.0% 4.5% -
CARBS (EST.) - 0.0% -

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

AMONG 816 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
55%
Higher than 92%. Median 43%.
Water
78%
Wetter than 6%. Median 78%.
RECALL HISTORY // WELLNESS

2 FDA Recalls On Record

MAR 17, 2017
CONTAINS BEEF THYROID HORMONE

Beef Topper for Dogs Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

MAY 7, 2012
POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

Wellness Complete Health Super5Mix Large Breed Puppy dry dog food (made by Diamond) 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

Complete Health Paté Chicken & Sweet Potato 36.4% Complete Health Lamb & Sweet Potato 36.4% Complete Health Paté Puppy Chicken & Salmon 40.9% Core Paté Whitefish, Salmon & Herring Grain-Free 50.0%

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 serving. 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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