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Canidae All Life Stages Dog Wet Food Chicken, Lamb & Fish Formula 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.

Canidae All Life Stages Dog Wet Food Chicken, Lamb & Fish Formula 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.

In this case, Canidae All Life Stages Dog Wet Food Chicken, Lamb & Fish Formula's most plentiful ingredient listed is chicken, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains lamb, chicken liver and ocean whitefish as additional 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 and  carrageenan, which are additives that some experts claim may be possible contributors to certain medical conditions in dogs.

Allergen alert: This product contains lamb, ocean whitefish and eggs which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from lamb, seafood or eggs food allergies.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Canidae All Life Stages Dog Wet Food Chicken, Lamb & Fish Formula has:

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

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 May 21, 2017.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Chicken, Chicken Broth, Lamb, Chicken Liver, Ocean Whitefish, Brown Rice, Eggs, Guar Gum, Sunflower Oil (Source of Omega-6 Fatty Acids), Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed Oil (Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids), Choline Chloride, Carrageenan, Salt, Kelp, Rosemary Extract, Cranberries, Lecithin, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Cassia Gum, Vitamins (Ascorbic Acid (Source of Vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate), Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate)

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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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