NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Lamb, Kangaroo, Deboned Wild Boar, Lamb Meal, and Turkey Meal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 29.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Kangaroo
The clean flesh of the kangaroo, used fresh.
Wild Boar
Meat from wild boar, used as an uncommon red meat protein.
Lamb Meal
Lamb that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water removed.
Turkey Meal
Turkey that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Our read The ingredients
Exotic meats up front, a probiotic dusting at the end
Signature feature
Good 4 Life+
Good 4 Life+ optimized for high animal protein diets
What it is NutriSource's add-on package: yeast culture, hydrolyzed yeast, yucca and five probiotic and enzyme fermentation products. All sit below the salt, with the probiotics as the last five of 40 ingredients.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
These trail even the rosemary extract, so the amounts are tiny. The Lactobacillus and Enterococcus products only help if live cultures survive the kibble cooker, so treat this as a small digestive extra, not a gut fix.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Kangaroo and boar sell the bag, but turkey meal sits fifth and chicken and turkey fat twelfth. This is not a poultry-free food.
- 2 Kangaroo
- 3 Deboned Wild Boar
- 5 Turkey Meal
- 12 Chicken And Turkey Fat
- 20 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,960 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 34.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 16.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 5.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 29.0%
494 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Deboned Lamb, Kangaroo, Deboned Wild Boar, Lamb Meal, Turkey Meal, Whitefish Meal, Millet, Spelt, Buckwheat Middlings, Dried Egg Product, Natural Turkey And Chicken Flavors, Chicken And Turkey Fat (Preserved with Tocopherols And Citric Acid), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Pork Liver, Natural Fish Flavor, Quinoa, Yeast Extract, Potassium Chloride, Chia Seed, 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., Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate), Dried Pumpkin, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamins (Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, D-calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Dried Cranberries, Dried Blueberries, Dl Methionine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Lactic Acid, Taurine, L-carnitine, Rosemary Extract, Yeast Culture, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation 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 | 34.0% | 37.8% | HIGH |
| FAT | 16.0% | 17.8% | n/a |
| FIBER | 5.0% | 5.6% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 29.0% | 32.2% | TYPICAL |
Our read The label
Dense, protein-forward, and easy to overfeed
38%
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
Protein runs well above the dry-food average on a dry basis, and the first six ingredients are all animal. This one earns the label.
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Is a cup a normal cup?
No, it's dense
At 494 kcal, a cup runs about 25% above the average dry food we list. A 45 lb dog needs only about 2.2 cups a day.
- Feed it to
- Active adults and growing dogs that handle rich food, and owners who want lamb, kangaroo and boar with grains.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to chicken, turkey or fish, fat-sensitive dogs, and low-activity dogs that gain weight easily.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 lb | $29.94 | $7.49 | Petflow lowest of 3 stores |
| 12 lb | $60.49 | $5.04 | Kriser's lowest of 4 stores |
| 24 lb | $105.94 | $4.41 | Petflow lowest of 2 stores |
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 (494 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Pure Vita Salmon Entrée Dog Food 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
$2.00/lb vs $4.41/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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