Lotus Oven Baked Regular Bites Lamb Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Lamb, Chickpeas, Peas, Turkey Liver, Cassava Flour. 2 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 45.0%, 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 53
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 6.5 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 34 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.
Lamb, Chickpeas, Peas, Turkey Liver, Cassava Flour, Pollock, Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Pea Fiber, Pea Protein, Flaxseed, Sweet Potato, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, 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., Pumpkin, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Spinach, Blueberries, Calcium Propionate, Olive Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, and citric acid), Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Garlic, Salmon OIl, L-Ascrobyl-2-Polyphosphate (a source of Vitamin C), Dried Kelp, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Inulin, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), and Vitamin D3 Supplement, Rosemary Extract
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.
Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Turkey Liver
The liver of the turkey, an organ meat.
Cassava Flour
Flour milled from the dried cassava root, used as a grain-free carbohydrate and binder.
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 Lotus and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Lotus Oven Baked Regular Bites… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 53 | 59 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 25.6% | 26.7% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 45.0% | 50.0% | 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 Lotus. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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