WholeHearted Limited Ingredient Diet Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of WholeHearted Limited Ingredient Diet Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food are Salmon, Sweet Potato, Salmon Meal, Chickpeas, and Potato. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 44.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Salmon Meal
Salmon that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Potatoes
The tuber of the potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate.
Our read The ingredients
One fish, plenty of pulses, a loose limited diet
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Limited Ingredient Diet
Limited ingredient diet grain-free food for dogs
What it is A recipe built on one animal protein: salmon first and salmon meal third. Sweet potato, chickpeas, potato, peas and lentils supply the starch in place of grain.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Salmon and salmon meal are the only named animal sources, so poultry-free holds. But 14 ingredients sit above the salt, including a natural flavor with no named source, so it's loose for a strict elimination trial.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Chickpeas, peas and lentils sit fourth, sixth and tenth. Grain-free here means pulses fill the role grain would.
- 4 Chickpeas
- 6 Peas
- 10 Dried Lentils
- 15 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,357 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 24.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 11.5%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 44.5%
363 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Salmon, Sweet Potato, Salmon Meal, Chickpeas, Potato, Peas, Dried Yeast, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Dried Lentils, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, 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, DL-Methionine, Taurine, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotic, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Citric Acid
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 | 24.0% | 26.7% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 11.5% | 12.8% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 44.5% | 49.4% | HIGH |
Our read The label
A moderate-protein food that runs on starch
46%
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein runs below the average dry food we list, and carbs run above it. Salmon leads, but potato and pulses fill most of each cup.
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Is a cup a normal cup?
A bit light
363 kcal a cup, about 8% below the average dry food we list. Coming from a denser food, expect to scoop a little more.
- Feed it to
- Adults that react to chicken or beef and do well on fish with potato and legume starch.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to fish, dogs on a strict elimination trial, and breeds whose vets avoid pulse-heavy grain-free diets.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 lb | $14.99 | $3.75 | Petco |
| 22 lb | $49.99 | $2.27 | Petco lowest of 2 stores |
Prices are from our check on Oct 15. 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 (363 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Dog treats 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
$1.26/lb vs $2.27/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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