Go! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Chicken Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken Meal, De-boned Chicken, Whole Brown Rice, White Rice, Oatmeal. 2 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 48.3%, 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 59
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 9.8 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.
Chicken Meal, De-boned Chicken, Whole Brown Rice, White Rice, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Salmon Meal, Natural Chicken Flavour, Flaxseed, Pea Fibre, Alfalfa, Apples, Carrots, Cranberries, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (A Source Of Vitamin C), Niacin, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Beta-carotene, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Ferrous Sulphate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Selenium Yeast, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulphate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate), Taurine, Dl-methionine, L-lysine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Rosemary
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.
Whole Brown Rice
Brown rice kept as a whole grain, with the bran and germ intact.
White Rice
Rice milled to remove the hull, bran and germ, leaving the starchy endosperm.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
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 Go! Solutions and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Go! Solutions Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 59 | 80 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 26.7% | 35.6% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 48.3% | 36.1% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 2 of 5 | 4 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 Go! Solutions. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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