Nulo FreeStyle Paté Small Breed Lamb & Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 5.5 oz cans, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 48% protein and 39% fat, and each can carries 213 kcal.
- Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
- Paté
- 5.5 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Turkey
The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Turkey Broth
The liquid produced by simmering turkey, used to add moisture and flavor.
Lamb Broth
The liquid produced by simmering lamb, used to add moisture and flavor.
Beef Liver
The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Our read The ingredients
A meaty paté with a minor thickener swap
Signature feature
No carrageenan
Contains no carrageenan, corn, wheat, soy, artificial preservatives, colors or flavoring
What it is The paté sets with guar gum, 10th on the list, and agar agar, a seaweed gel at 16th, instead of carrageenan, the thickener many canned foods use.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Carrageenan worries center on its degraded form, which isn't approved for food, and dog data are thin. Dropping it costs nothing, but it changes little for your dog.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Lamb leads, but turkey sits second, beef liver fifth and egg eighth. This isn't a single-protein food for an elimination trial.
- 1 Lamb
- 2 Turkey
- 5 Beef Liver
- 8 Dried Egg Product
- 17 Salt
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Lamb, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Lamb, Turkey and Beef Liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- Guar Gum and Agar Agar. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,367 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 10.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 8.5%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
213 kcal per 5.5 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Lamb, Turkey, Turkey Broth, Lamb Broth, Beef Liver, Sweet Potatoes, Natural Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Salmon Oil(Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Guar Gum, Ground Flaxseed, Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pea Fiber, Agar Agar, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Choline Chloride, Sodium Carbonate, Inulin, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, L-Carnitine, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Cobalt Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.
| NUTRIENT | ON THE LABEL | WATER OUT | WET FOOD MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 10.5% | 47.7% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 8.5% | 38.6% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 0.0% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
Near-zero carbs, with fat carrying most calories
66%
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How was it proven?
Formulated
Built on paper to AAFCO levels for all life stages, except puppies headed past 70 lb. No feeding trial stands behind it.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes, modestly
Protein sits a little above the average wet food we list, 48% against 42% dry. Fat runs almost as high, and carbs are near zero.
- Feed it to
- Small adults and small-breed puppies that do well on lamb, turkey and beef, and owners avoiding carrageenan and grains.
- Skip it for
- Dogs on a low-fat diet or with a history of pancreatitis, overweight lap dogs, and dogs on a single-protein elimination diet.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,367 kcal per kg, 213 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to Nulo. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other wet food recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
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