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Canidae Grain Free PURE Petite Small Breed Dog Cup Fricassée Dinner Morsels With Turkey & Green Beans Review

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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.

Canidae Grain Free PURE Petite Small Breed Dog Cup Fricassée Dinner Morsels With Turkey & Green Beans includes the following:

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

Although not the first product listed (which is the most plentiful), Canidae Grain Free PURE Petite Small Breed Dog Cup Fricassée Dinner Morsels With Turkey & Green Beans does contain with its top ingredients chicken, chicken liver and turkey which are considered quality protein sources.

Additionally, it's worth noting that this product does not list either by-products nor bulk-adding fillers within its top ingredients. By-products are considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients. Common fillers typically used to add bulk to the product are not required in your dog's diet. Together, their combined absence may be indicative of a higher quality product.

Please also be aware that this product contains guar gum, which is an additive that some experts claim may be a possible contributor to certain medical conditions in dogs.

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

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Canidae Grain Free PURE Petite Small Breed Dog Cup Fricassée Dinner Morsels With Turkey & Green Beans has:

• significantly more protein than average
• significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
• an average amount of fat
• significantly more fiber than average

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

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All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on May 21, 2017.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Turkey broth, chicken, chicken liver, turkey, dried egg whites, green beans, carrots, dried peas, guar gum, sodium phosphate, salt, natural flavor, potassium chloride, minerals (zinc amino acid chelate, iron amino acid chelate, copper amino acid chelate, manganese amino acid chelate, sodium selenite, cobalt amino acid chelate, potassium iodide), choline chloride, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, riboflavin supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid), menhaden fish oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), xanthan gum, rosemary extract.

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*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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