Overall, Nutro Kitchen Classics Adult Wet Dog Food Steamed Fish & Sweet Potato Dinner is a significantly below average dog food, earning 4 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.
Nutro Kitchen Classics Adult Wet Dog Food Steamed Fish & Sweet Potato Dinner 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.
Additionally, Nutro Kitchen Classics Adult Wet Dog Food Steamed Fish & Sweet Potato Dinner also contains as top ingredients ground 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 carrageenan and guar gum, which are additives that some experts claim may be possible contributors to certain medical conditions in dogs.
Allergen alert: This product contains fish, fish oil and dried egg product which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from seafood or eggs food allergies.
Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Nutro Kitchen Classics Adult Wet Dog Food Steamed Fish & Sweet Potato Dinner has:
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Nutro Kitchen Classics Adult Wet Dog Food Steamed Fish & Sweet Potato Dinner has approximately 99 calories per 100g (28 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 April 23, 2017.
Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:
Fish, Water Sufficient for Processing, Sweet Potatoes, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Ground Rice, Dried Egg Product, Whole Brown Rice, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Ferrous Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Rice Protein, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide, Biotin, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2).
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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