Earthborn Holistic Weight Control Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Pumpkin, Pearled Barley. One of them is a named animal protein. We put the starch at 50.0%, above the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Nothing alarming here, but a few of the figures sit below what we see across the archive.
How we got to 54
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 90% dry matter.
That is 11.5 points above average, so proportionally more of the bag is starch.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 36 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.
Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Pumpkin, Pearled Barley, Oatmeal, Tapioca, Dried Egg, Pacific Whiting Meal, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavors, Flaxseed, Dried Yeast, Blueberries, Cranberries, Apples, Carrots, Spinach, 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, L-Lysine, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D 3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B 12 Supplement, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Rosemary Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product
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.
Turkey Meal
Turkey that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Buckwheat
The seed of the buckwheat plant, which despite the name is not a wheat and contains no gluten.
Pumpkin
The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
Pearled Barley
Barley polished to remove the hull and most of the bran layer, leaving a pale, quick-cooking grain.
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 Earthborn Holistic and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Earthborn Holistic Large Breed Dry… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 54 | 54 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 27.8% | 28.9% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 50.0% | 46.7% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 1 of 5 | 1 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 Earthborn Holistic. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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