Nature’s Recipe Original Adult Chicken Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 4 ingredients of Nature’s Recipe Original Adult Chicken Meal & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Barley, Oatmeal, and Brewers Rice. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 47.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
Brewers Rice
The small fragments of rice kernel separated out during milling, a by-product of producing whole white rice.
Poultry Fat
Fat rendered from poultry tissue.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken meal leads, but grains carry this bowl
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Chicken meal first
High quality chicken meal #1 ingredient
What it is Chicken meal sits first. It's chicken cooked down and dried into a concentrated protein powder, and the only named meat in the recipe besides poultry fat.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Chicken meal is a good protein source, but leading the list is all the claim promises. Barley, oatmeal and brewers rice follow, and protein lands well under the average dry food, so this is a grain diet with chicken.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Three grains fill spots 2 to 4, right behind the chicken meal. That's why carbs, not protein, supply the biggest share of calories.
- 2 Barley
- 3 Oatmeal
- 4 Brewers Rice
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,610 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 21.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 12.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 47.0%
322 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Meal, Barley, Oatmeal, Brewers Rice, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Tomato Pomace, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbly-2-polyphosphate (Source Of Vitamin C), Inositol, Niacin, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Beta-carotene, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin), Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Lactic Acid, Choline Chloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Citric Acid (Used As A Preservative), Rosemary Extract
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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 21.0% | 23.3% | LOW |
| FAT | 12.0% | 13.3% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 47.0% | 52.2% | HIGH |
Our read The label
A light, grain-heavy food for easygoing adults
48%
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein runs well below the average dry food we list, and grains supply more of each cup. Enough for a calm adult, thin for a working dog.
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Is a cup a normal cup?
No, it's light
322 kcal a cup, about 18% below the average dry food we list. Switching from a denser food, you'll scoop more to hold weight.
- Feed it to
- Calm, healthy adults that do well on chicken and grains, and owners who want a lighter cup.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, chicken-allergic dogs, hard-working or sporting dogs, and owners chasing a high-protein, low-starch bowl.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (322 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Pet Treat 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 on a dry matter basis, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other kibble recipes with the closest protein, fat and starch as fed, the way the bag prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
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