Nulo MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp Recipe Grain-Free Dog Food Topper
A topper in 2.8 oz pouches, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 62% protein and 26% fat, and each pouch carries 76 kcal.
- Topper, not a complete meal
- 2.8 oz pouch
- 81% water
Ingredient Wiki
Our read The ingredients
A short, honest list with two proteins in it
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Only 5 Ingredients
Only 5 ingredients: lamb, lamb broth, wild-caught mackerel, mackerel broth, kelp
What it is The whole recipe is lamb, mackerel, a broth from each, and kelp in fifth place. No vitamin pack, gums or thickeners appear on the list.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
A short list makes it easy to see what your dog eats, but lamb and fish are two separate proteins. For an elimination trial that means two suspects, so the pitch helps less than it sounds.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Lamb leads and mackerel sits third, each trailed by its own broth. Kelp, fifth, is the only plant in the pouch.
- 1 Lamb
- 3 Mackerel
What’s in the pouch
- First meat
- Lamb, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Lamb and Mackerel.
- Thickeners and binders
- None we recognize.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the pouch, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 948 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 12.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 5.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 0.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 80.5%
76 kcal per 2.8 oz pouch.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the pouch prints it, heaviest first
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 | TOPPER MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 12.0% | 61.5% | 42.1% |
| FAT | 5.0% | 25.6% | 18.8% |
| FIBER | 0.5% | 2.6% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 0.0% | - |
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
High protein, with half its calories from fat
50%
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Is it a meal?
No, a topper
Nulo labels it a natural food complement, and no added vitamins or minerals appear on the list. Spoon it over a complete food.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
About 62% protein on a dry basis, against 45% for the average topper we list, with almost no carbohydrate riding along.
- Feed it to
- Active adults on a complete kibble, and owners who want lamb and fish on top from a short list.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to lamb or fish, dogs on a low-fat diet or with a history of pancreatitis, and anyone feeding it as a meal.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to Nulo. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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.
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