Blue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Corn Gluten Meal. 2 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 37.1%, below the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Reasonable protein and a fairly typical starch load. Comfortably mid-range for a dry food.
How we got to 64
Five things, one hundred points, and the reason for every one. We would rather show our working than ask you to trust a number.
26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.
Estimated, 6% ash assumed.
Count of named animal proteins.
Matched against the flag list.
Manufacturer, not recipe.
The numbers, without the water
Percentages on a bag include the water in the food, so a wet food always looks lower than a dry one. Taking the water out puts any two foods on the same footing. This one is 89% dry matter.
This lands right about average for the foods we hold.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 45 ingredients listed after salt are present in even smaller amounts. That is the salt divider, and it is why we only weigh the top of the list.
Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Corn Gluten Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Rice Bran, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Ground Flaxseed, Yeast Culture, 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., Monocalcium Phosphate, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Biotin, DL-Methionine, Reed-Sedge Peat, Vitamin E Supplement, Alfalfa Meal, Selenium Yeast, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Taurine, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Betaine, Copper Sulfate, Sweet Potatoes, Dried Chicory Root, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Dried Carrots, Tomatoes, Turmeric, Yeast Extract, Niacin Supplement, Calcium d-Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Fish Oil (natural source of DHA), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid (preservatives)
What those first ingredients actually are
The top of the list is most of the food by weight, so it is worth knowing what each one is. Green marks a named animal protein.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Corn
The kernel of the corn plant, used ground or as separated fractions.
Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Corn Gluten Meal
The protein-rich fraction left after corn is processed to remove its starch, germ and bran.
How much of this to feed
A starting point, worked out from the resting energy formula vets use and this food's own calorie density. Every dog is different, so watch their weight and adjust. Your vet's advice beats a calculator.
How it compares
Same figures, same method, put next to another recipe from Blue Seal and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 64 | 59 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 31.5% | 31.1% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 37.1% | 41.1% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 2 of 5 | 2 of 5 | -- |
Recall history
Recalls are matched to the manufacturer, not this exact recipe. A recall on a different product still tells you something about the plant it came from.
We have not matched any FDA recall to Blue Seal. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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