Overall, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula is an above average dog food, earning 7 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list.
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.
Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula 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.
In this case, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula's most plentiful ingredient listed is lamb, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains lamb liver and lamb meal as additional quality protein sources.Additionally, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula also contains as top ingredients brown rice. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your dog's diet.
Please also be aware that this product contains guar gum and carrageenan, which are additives that some experts claim may be possible contributors to certain medical conditions in dogs.
Allergen alert: This product contains lamb, lamb broth, lamb liver and lamb meal which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from lamb food allergies.
Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula has:
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets Lamb & Brown Rice Canned Dog Formula has approximately 104 calories per 100g (29 calories/ounce), which is compared to the average of the other wet 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 May 4, 2017.
Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:
Lamb, Lamb Broth, Lamb Liver, Brown Rice, Lamb Meal, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor, Guar Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Dried Kelp, Parsley Flakes, Carrageenan, Zinc Sulfate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*
The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.
*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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