Nature’s Recipe Small Breed Grain-Free Easy to Digest Chicken, Sweet Potato, & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Nature's Recipe Small Breed Grain-Free Easy to Digest Chicken, Sweet Potato, & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, and Pea Starch. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 40.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Garbanzo Beans
The seed of the chickpea plant, the same legume sold under the name chickpea.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Pea Starch
The starch fraction separated out from peas after the protein and fiber are removed.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken leads, but legumes do the heavy lifting
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Sweet potato and pumpkin
Small kibble for small mouths contains nutrient-dense carbohydrate sources, like sweet potato and pumpkin
What it is Sweet potatoes and pumpkin sit 7th and 8th, just behind the poultry fat and above the salt. Both are cooked into the small kibble as part of its carb base.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Both are real ingredients here, but garbanzo beans, peas and pea starch all rank higher, so legumes supply most of the starch. Sweet potato and pumpkin add some fiber and beta-carotene, not the bulk.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Garbanzo beans, peas and pea starch run third to fifth, ahead of the sweet potato and pumpkin the bag pictures. This is a legume-based kibble.
- 3 Garbanzo Beans
- 4 Peas
- 5 Pea Starch
- 7 Sweet Potatoes
- 8 Pumpkin
- 11 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,540 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 25.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 15.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 40.0%
342 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Pea Starch, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin, Natural Flavor, Dried Tomato Pomace, 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., Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Dl Methionine, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Iron, Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium, Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbyl-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), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid (Used As A Preservative), Rosemary 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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 25.0% | 27.8% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 15.0% | 16.7% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 40.0% | 44.4% | HIGH |
Our read The label
A light cup built on legume starch
36%
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein lands a bit under the dry food average we list, and carbs run slightly above it. Chicken leads, but legumes fill more of the bowl.
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Is a cup a normal cup?
No, it's light
342 kcal a cup, about 13% below the average dry food we list. Coming from a denser food, your dog needs a fuller scoop to hold weight.
- Feed it to
- Small adult dogs that need a small kibble and do well on chicken and legumes.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs that react to chicken, and owners avoiding pea-heavy grain-free diets while the FDA's heart disease questions stay open.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 lb | $14.99 | $3.75 | Weewag lowest of 2 stores |
| 12 lb | $43.87 | $3.66 | Chewy |
Prices are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (342 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.
Lower-priced alternative
$1.51/lb vs $3.66/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and starch profile for less per pound, from the lowest price per pound we have saved for each. Prices change; check before you buy.
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