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Wellness Core Simply Shreds Chicken, Beef & Carrots Dog Food Mixer or Topper

A topper in 2.8 oz pouches, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 120% protein and 5% fat, and each pouch carries 47 kcal.

  • Topper, not a complete meal
  • 2.8 oz pouch
  • 90% water
Protein is 120.0% once the water is taken out, above the topper median of 42%. The label prints 12.0% because that figure includes the water. One pouch carries 47 kcal and about 2.5 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
120.0%
KCAL / POUCH
47
FAT, WATER OUT
5.0%
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Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 5 COMPONENTS
READING THE LIST

What’s in the pouch

First meat
Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Beef.
Thickeners and binders
None we recognize.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the pouch, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
12.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
0.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
90.0%

47 kcal per 2.8 oz pouch.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the pouch prints it, heaviest first

Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water Sufficient For Processing, Beef, Carrots

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 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 TOPPER MEDIAN
PROTEIN 12.0% 120.0% 42.3%
FAT 0.5% 5.0% 17.5%
FIBER 1.0% 10.0% -
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 242 TOPPERS
Protein, water out
120%
Higher than 100%. Median 42%.
Water
90%
Wetter than 81%. Median 75%.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a pouch costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
2.9 oz $1.99LIVE $11.06 PetSmart
3.2 oz $1.99 $9.95 PetSmart

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 18. Others are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

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

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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