Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef Venison Dof Food Advisor

Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison Review

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Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: beef and eggs

Est. Calories: 75 cal/100g

Price: $$$

Overall, Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison is an above average dog food, earning 7 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list.

Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a dog food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

beef
beef liver
venison

Questionable Ingredients

potato starch
guar gum

Potential Allergens

beef
beef broth
beef liver
dried egg whites

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison's most plentiful ingredient listed is beef , which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains beef liver as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, it's worth noting that this product does not list either by-products nor bulk-adding fillers within its top ingredients. By-products are considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients. Common fillers typically used to add bulk to the product are not required in your dog's diet. Together, their combined absence may be indicative of a higher quality product.

Please also be aware that this product contains guar gum, which is an additive that some experts claim may be a possible contributor to certain medical conditions in dogs.

Allergen alert: This product contains beef, beef broth, beef liver and dried egg whites which may be problematic for dogs who suffer from beef or eggs food allergies.

Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 1160 dog foods in our database, Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison has:

significantly more protein than average
significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
less fat than average
an average amount of fiber

In general, dogs have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Wellness Core Hearty Cuts Beef & Venison has approximately 75 calories per 100g (21 calories/ounce), which is fewer calories compared to the average of the other wet dog foods in the DogFoodDB.

All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on April 30, 2017.

Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the dog food manufacturer:

Beef, Beef Broth, Venison Broth, Beef Liver, Dried Egg Whites, Potato Starch, Sweet Potatoes, Venison, Green Beans, Guar Gum, Canola Oil, Carrots, Apples, Blueberries, Broccoli, Kale, Parsley, Spinach, Tricalcium Phosphate, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Ground Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Inulin, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid.

Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the dog food manufacturer.*

Protein:

9.0%

Fat:

3.0%

Fiber:

1.0%

Carbs:

5.0%

Ash:

0.0%

Moisture:

82.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.

Protein:

50%

Fat:

17%

Fiber:

Carbs:

28%

Ash:

Calories:

75/100g

*Note that some nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each dog food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber, moisture and ash in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Exact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values.

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Source: http://dogfooddb.com/product/wellness/Core+Hearty+Cuts+Beef+&+Venison