BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies Review

BLUE Dry Dog Food Review


Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: beef, lamb, seafood and eggs

Est. Calories: 370 cal/100g

Price: n/a

Overall, BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies is an average dog food, earning 6 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list.


Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a dog food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • deboned beef
  • chicken meal
  • menhaden fish meal
  • deboned lamb
  • deboned venison

Questionable Ingredients

  • tapioca starch
  • pea starch

Potential Allergens

  • deboned beef
  • dried egg
  • menhaden fish meal
  • fish oil
  • deboned lamb

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies's most plentiful ingredient listed is deboned beef, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains chicken meal as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies also contains as top ingredients tapioca starch. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your dog's diet. However, they are sometimes used to help maintain the kibble shape in dry foods.

Allergen alert: This product contains deboned beef, deboned lamb, menhaden fish meal, fish oil and dried egg which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from beef, lamb, seafood or eggs food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies has:

  • an average amount of protein
  • an average amount of carbohydrates
  • an average amount of fat
  • an average amount of fiber
In general, dogs have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, BLUE Wilderness™Rocky Mountain Recipe™ Red Meat For Puppies has approximately 370 calories per 100g (105 calories/ounce), which is an average amount of calories compared to the average of the other dry dog foods in the DogFoodDB.


All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on July 19, 2018.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Deboned Beef, Chicken Meal, Pea Protein, Peas, Tapioca Starch, Dried Egg, Pea Starch, Menhaden Fish Meal (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Flaxseed (source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Dried Tomato Pomace, Fish Oil (source of ARA-Arachidonic Acid and DHA-Docosahexaenoic Acid), Salt, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dicalcium Phosphate, Deboned Lamb, Deboned Venison, Potatoes, Choline Chloride, Pea Fiber, DL-Methionine, Calcium Carbonate, Caramel Color, Potassium Chloride, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Parsley, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Turmeric, Nicotinic Acid (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Oil of Rosemary, Copper Sulfate, Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Sulfate, Taurine, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Dried Yeast, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Aspergillus niger fermentation extract, Dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Sodium Selenite.


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
32.0%
Fat: (min)
16.0%
Fiber: (max)
5.0%
Carbs: (est)
34.9%
Ash: (est)
2.1%
Moisture: (max)
10.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.

Protein: (min)
36%
Fat: (min)
18%
Fiber: (max)
6%
Carbs: (est)
39%
Ash: (est)
2%
Calories: (est)
370/100g

*Note that some nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each dog food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber, moisture and ash in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Exact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values.


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