Iams Proactive Health With Chicken AND Whole Grain Rice Classic Ground Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 13.0 oz cans, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 27% fat, and each can carries 378 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- Minced
- 13.0 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Water
Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Meat By-Products
The parts of a mammal left after the flesh is removed, without the animal being named.
Animal Liver
Liver from an unspecified animal.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken leads, but digestion gets oversold
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Chicken
With high-quality animal protein to support easy digestion
What it is Chicken starts this wet recipe, with meat by-products and animal liver also near the front. Together they provide the animal protein Iams ties to easy digestion.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Animal protein supplies amino acids dogs need, but that is ordinary nutrition. For a dog with a sensitive stomach, these ingredients alone give no reason to expect easier digestion.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Meat by-products and animal liver join chicken ahead of brown rice, so the animal base extends beyond the named chicken.
- 1 Chicken
- 3 meat by-products
- 4 animal liver
- 5 brown rice
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list.
- Thickeners and binders
- carrageenan, sodium tripolyphosphate, xanthan gum and guar gum. 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
- 1,024 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 6.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
378 kcal per 13.0 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, water, meat by-products, animal liver, brown rice, flaxseed, minerals (potassium chloride, magnesium proteinate, zinc sulfate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide), carrageenan, sodium tripolyphosphate, dried yam, xanthan gum, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, biotin, riboflavin, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement), guar gum, fish oil, yellow #6, yellow #5
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.
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 | 8.0% | 36.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 6.0% | 27.3% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 4.5% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 22.7% | - |
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
A rich can with moderate protein
2.95g
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Is it a high-protein food?
Below average
Its protein concentration on a dry basis falls below the average wet food we list. Chicken first does not make this especially rich in protein.
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Where do the calories come from?
Mostly fat
About 62% of estimated calories come from fat. That makes this a rich meal for dogs needing careful fat intake or smaller portions.
- Feed it to
- Healthy adult dogs that tolerate chicken and do well with a richer wet food.
- Skip it for
- Dogs with chicken allergies, a history of pancreatitis or prescribed low-fat diets, and puppies.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,024 kcal per kg, 378 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Limited lots of Iams and Eukanuba dry dog and cat food (P&G) Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. 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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