Nutro Max Minichunks Chicken Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Nutro Max Minichunks Chicken Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Barley, and Chicken. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 44.0%.
- 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.
Whole Grain Sorghum
Sorghum grain with its bran and germ intact, a gluten-free cereal also known as milo.
Brewers Rice
The small fragments of rice kernel separated out during milling, a by-product of producing whole white rice.
Whole Grain Barley
Barley with the bran and germ still on the grain rather than polished away.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Our read The ingredients
Chicken first, then a lot of grain
Signature feature
Farm-raised chicken
Adult recipe with farm-raised chicken mini chunk
What it is Chicken meal, the dried and rendered form, leads the list. Chicken sits fifth, behind three grains, and chicken fat comes seventh as the main added fat.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Nearly all US chicken is raised on farms, so the phrase describes the industry, not this bag. The useful part is chicken meal leading the list, a concentrated protein your dog actually gets.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Sorghum, brewers rice and barley sit between chicken meal and chicken, and carbs supply about 44% of the calories, double protein's share.
- 2 Whole Grain Sorghum
- 3 Brewers Rice
- 4 Whole Grain Barley
- 11 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,624 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 22.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 14.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 44.0%
334 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Barley, Chicken, Split Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Natural Flavors, Whole Flaxseed, 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, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Manganous Oxide, Folic Acid, 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 | 22.0% | 24.4% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 14.0% | 15.6% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 44.0% | 48.9% | HIGH |
Our read The label
A light, grain-based food for easygoing adults
3.2cups
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Is a cup a normal cup?
No, it's light
334 kcal a cup, about 15% below the average dry food we list. Coming from a denser food, expect to scoop more.
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein supplies about 22% of the calories, and dry-basis protein trails the average dry food we list by roughly 6 points.
- Feed it to
- Healthy, easygoing adults of any size that do well on chicken and grains, and owners watching calories per cup.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs that react to chicken, and working or very active dogs that need more protein and fat.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 lb | $9.98 | $2.50 | Chewy lowest of 4 stores |
| 25 lb | $43.98 | $1.76 | Amazon lowest of 4 stores |
Prices are from our check on Sep 28. 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 (334 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to Max. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. 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
$1.08/lb vs $1.76/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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