Overall, Wellness Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver is a significantly below average dog food, earning 3 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.
Wellness Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver 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 Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver does contain with its top ingredients chicken which are considered quality protein sources.Additionally, Wellness Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver also contains as top ingredients potato starch. 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 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, lamb liver and eggs which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from beef, lamb or eggs food allergies.
Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Wellness Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver has:
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Wellness Trufood Tasty Pairings Green Beans, Beef & Lamb Liver has approximately 58 calories per 100g (16 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 30, 2017.
Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:
Chicken Broth, Water Sufficient For Processing, Chicken, Green Beans, Potato Starch, Chicken Liver, Eggs, Beef, Lamb Liver, Natural Flavor, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Tricalcium Phosphate, Locust Bean Gum, Sodium Carbonate, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Selenite
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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