Lotus Oven Baked Small Bites Chicken Recipe Senior Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken, Rye, Chicken Liver, Sardine, Brown Rice. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 58.3%, above the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Protein runs low or starch runs high for this type of food. That does not make it unsafe, it just measures lower.
How we got to 48
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 19.8 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. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 26 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, Rye, Chicken Liver, Sardine, Brown Rice, Barley, Oats, Brewers Dried Yeast, Pea Fiber, Pea Protein, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Calcium Carbonate, Pumpkin, Spinach, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Blueberries, Calcium Propionate, Salmon Oil, Potassium Chloride, Olive Oil, 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., Garlic, Ground Flaxseed, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Iron Proteinate, Chondroitin Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Inulin, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, 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.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most of which is driven off during…
Rye
The grain of the rye plant, a cereal related to wheat and barley.
Chicken Liver
The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the 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 Lotus and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Lotus Oven Baked Regular Bites… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 48 | 59 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 20.0% | 26.7% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 58.3% | 50.0% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 3 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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