Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Review

Wellness Dry Dog Food Review


Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: lamb

Est. Calories: 355 cal/100g

Price: n/a

Overall, Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe is a significantly below average dog food, earning 4 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.

Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • lamb
  • lamb meal

Questionable Ingredients

  • ground rice

Potential Allergens

  • lamb
  • lamb meal
  • natural lamb flavor

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, Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe's most plentiful ingredient listed is lamb, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains lamb meal as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe 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. However, they are sometimes used to help maintain the kibble shape in dry foods.

Allergen alert: This product contains lamb, lamb meal and natural lamb flavor which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from lamb food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe has:

  • significantly less protein than average
  • significantly more carbohydrates than average
  • significantly 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, Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe has approximately 355 calories per 100g (100 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 July 30, 2018.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Lamb, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Peas, Ground Rice, Millet, Ground Flaxseed, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tomato Pomace, Natural Lamb Flavor, Chicory Root Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract.This is a naturally preserved product


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
21.0%
Fat: (min)
12.0%
Fiber: (max)
4.8%
Carbs: (est)
51.3%
Ash: (est)
0.0%
Moisture: (max)
11.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

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

Protein: (min)
24%
Fat: (min)
13%
Fiber: (max)
5%
Carbs: (est)
58%
Ash: (est)
0%
Calories: (est)
355/100g

*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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