Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe Review

Nulo Dry Dog Food Review


Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe

Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: seafood

Est. Calories: 361 cal/100g

Price: n/a

Overall, Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe is an above average dog food, earning 7 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.

Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • deboned turkey
  • chicken meal
  • menhaden fish meal
  • deboned trout

Questionable Ingredients

None

Potential Allergens

  • menhaden fish meal
  • deboned trout

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, Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe's most plentiful ingredient listed is deboned turkey, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains chicken meal and menhaden fish meal as additional 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.

Allergen alert: This product contains menhaden fish meal and deboned trout which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from seafood food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe has:

  • an average amount of protein
  • more carbohydrates than average
  • less fat than average
  • 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, Nulo Medalseries Large Breed Dog Turkey & Peas Recipe has approximately 361 calories per 100g (102 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 June 4, 2017.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Whole Peas, Sweet Potato, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid), Lentils, Pea Fiber, Deboned Trout, Natural Turkey Flavor, Yeast Culture, Dried Chicory Root, Potassium Chloride, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Carrots, Dried Apples, Dried Blueberries, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Sweet Fennel, Dandelion, Chamomile, L-Carnitine, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Iron Proteinate, Niacin, Copper Proteinate, Choline Chloride, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
32.0%
Fat: (min)
14.0%
Fiber: (max)
5.0%
Carbs: (est)
37.1%
Ash: (est)
1.9%
Moisture: (max)
10.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

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

Protein: (min)
36%
Fat: (min)
16%
Fiber: (max)
6%
Carbs: (est)
41%
Ash: (est)
2%
Calories: (est)
361/100g

*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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