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Iams Proactive Health With Lamb AND Rice Classic Ground Dog Food Topper

A topper in 4.9 oz cans, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 27% fat, and each can carries 145 kcal.

  • Topper, not a complete meal
  • Minced
  • 4.9 oz can
  • 78% water
Protein is 36.4% once the water is taken out, below the topper median of 42%. The label prints 8.0% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 145 kcal and about 3.8 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
36.4%
KCAL / CAN
145
FAT, WATER OUT
27.3%
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Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 17 COMPONENTS
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First meat
Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Lamb.
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
Added Color. Color is there for the person opening the can; it adds nothing for the dog.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the can, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,045 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
6.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

145 kcal per 4.9 oz can, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the can size.

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NUTRITION WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

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 TOPPER MEDIAN
PROTEIN 8.0% 36.4% 42.1%
FAT 6.0% 27.3% 18.8%
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.

AMONG 265 TOPPERS
Protein, water out
36%
Higher than 31%. Median 42%.
Calories
1,045 kcal/kg
Richer than 44%. Median 1,366 kcal/kg.
Water
78%
Wetter than 51%. Median 74%.
RECALL HISTORY // IAMS

1 FDA Recall On Record

AUG 14, 2013
POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

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 BRANDS // CLOSEST ON THE LABEL

Similar recipes from other brands

Other topper recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a can. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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