Merrick Grammy’s Grain Free Chicken Pot Pie Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 12.7 oz cans. With the water taken out it is 44% protein and 22% fat, and each can carries 399 kcal.
- Sold as a meal for adult dogs
- 12.7 oz can
- 82% 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…
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Dried Egg Product
Egg content dried and processed into a concentrated, stable ingredient.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken and egg lead, and the vegetables are real
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Pot pie vegetables
Grammy's Pot Pie with chicken, potatoes, carrots, apples & peas in gravy
What it is Diced potatoes, carrots, apples and peas, cut big enough to see in the stew. They run 4th through 7th on the list, all well above the salt.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
At 4th to 7th, the produce is a real share of the can, not a garnish. Still, it mostly adds starch and a little fiber; the vitamin premix does the heavy nutritional lifting.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Egg sits third and potato protein eleventh. Both lift the protein number, so not all of it comes from the chicken.
- 3 Dried Egg Product
- 11 Potato Protein
- 12 Salt
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Deboned Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Deboned Chicken and Dried Egg Product.
- Thickeners and binders
- Agar Agar, Guar Gum and Potato Starch. 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
- 1,109 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 4.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.8%
- Moisture (max.)
- 82.0%
399 kcal per 12.7 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Broth, Dried Egg Product, Potatoes, Carrots, Apples, Peas, Natural Flavor, Agar Agar, Guar Gum, Potato Protein, 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., Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, MINERALS [Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide], Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Niacin Supplement (Vitamin B-3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9)], Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Calcium Carbonate, Sunflower Oil, Choline Chloride, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Yucca Schidigera Extract
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 | 8.0% | 44.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 4.0% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.8% | 10.0% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 12.2% | - |
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 chicken stew where fat drives the calories
1.5cans
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Where do the calories come from?
Mostly fat
On the guaranteed minimums, about 55% of calories come from fat and 45% from protein. Potatoes and peas add some starch on top.
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Is it a high-protein food?
About average
44% protein on a dry basis, a touch above the 42% average for the wet foods we list. Egg and potato protein help get it there.
- Feed it to
- Adults that do well on chicken and egg, and owners who want a moist stew as a meal or kibble topper.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken or egg, and dogs on a low-fat diet or with a history of pancreatitis.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,109 kcal per kg, 399 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Beef dog treat varieties 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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