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Nutro Hearty Stews Adult Wet Dog Food Chunky Chicken & Turkey Stew 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.

Nutro Hearty Stews Adult Wet Dog Food Chunky Chicken & Turkey Stew 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), Nutro Hearty Stews Adult Wet Dog Food Chunky Chicken & Turkey Stew does contain with its top ingredients chicken, chicken liver, turkey and beef liver 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 beef liver, wheat gluten and dried egg product which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from beef, wheat gluten or eggs food allergies.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Nutro Hearty Stews Adult Wet Dog Food Chunky Chicken & Turkey Stew has:

• more protein than average
• significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
• significantly more 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

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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 April 23, 2017.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Chicken Broth, Chicken (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Chicken Liver, Turkey, Beef Liver, Potato Starch, Wheat Gluten, Ground Rice, Dried Egg Product, Whole Rice, Salt, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sodium Alginate, Xanthan Gum, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Magnesium Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide, Biotin, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2)

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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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