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Wellness Homestyle Stew Venison & Salmon Stew With Potatoes & Carrots Review

Wellness Canned Dog Food 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.

Wellness Homestyle Stew Venison & Salmon Stew With Potatoes & Carrots 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), Wellness Homestyle Stew Venison & Salmon Stew With Potatoes & Carrots does contain with its top ingredients venison, salmon 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, salmon, egg whites and eggs which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from beef, seafood or eggs food allergies.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Wellness Homestyle Stew Venison & Salmon Stew With Potatoes & Carrots has:

• significantly more protein than average
• significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
• 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 30, 2017.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Venison Broth, Venison, Salmon, Beef Liver, Potatoes, Carrots, Egg Whites, Potato Starch, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Oat Fiber, Eggs, Apples, Sodium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Minerals (Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement), Choline Chloride, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme. 

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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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