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Description
Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets give you quality food with fewer ingredients in their Puppy Formula Potato & Duck Formula Dry Dog Food. This premium recipe limits the number of carbohydrate sources and uses only a single source of unique duck protein to minimize your pet’s exposure to possible allergens. The kibble is puppy-sized for smaller mouths and delivers healthy omegas and DHA from salmon oil to help support his neural development.
Price Score: 37 out of 100 Points
Variety Score: 100 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 45.5 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 65 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 68.5 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- A grain-free recipe with limited carbohydrates and no artificial flavors or colors.
- High-quality nutrition aids in good overall health.
- Smaller kibble size is perfect for smaller mouths.
- Omega- 3 fatty acid from flaxseeds gives dogs a healthy and shiny coat.
- With a single animal protein source this formula is perfect for pup’s with food sensitivities.
Ingredients
Potatoes, Duck Meal, Duck, Potato Protein, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Potato Products, Natural Flavor, Salmon Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Flaxseed, Salt, Dl-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract. Caloric Content 3550 kcal/kg, 370 kcal/cupSee products with the same ingredients:
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Biotin - Harmless ingredient
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Biotin also called vitamin H, vitamin B7 or vitamin B8 is a water-soluble B vitamin. It is involved in a wide range of metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the utilization of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
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Calcium Iodate - Controversial ingredient
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Canola Oil (18)
Canola oil is a vegetable oil derived from a variety of rapeseed that is low in erucic acid, as opposed to colza oil. There are both edible and industrial forms produced from the seed of any of several cultivars of the plant family Brassicaceae, namely cultivars of Brassica napus L., Brassica rapa subsp.
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Choline Chloride - Harmless ingredient
(236)
Choline chloride is an organic compound with the formula 3NCH2CH2OH]Cl. It is bifunctional, containing both quaternary ammonium salt and an alcohol. The cation is choline, which occurs naturally. It is a white, water-soluble salt used mainly in animal feed..
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Copper Proteinate - Controversial ingredient
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Copper Sulfate - Harmless ingredient
(159)
Copper sulfate, also known as copper sulphate, are the inorganic compounds with the chemical formula CuSO4x, where x can range from 0 to 5. The pentahydrate is the most common form. Older names for this compound include blue vitriol, bluestone, vitriol of copper, and Roman vitriol.
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D-Calcium Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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Dl-Methionine - Healthy ingredient
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Methionine is an essential amino acid in humans. As the substrate for other amino acids such as cysteine and taurine, versatile compounds such as SAM-e, and the important antioxidant glutathione, methionine plays a critical role in the metabolism and health of many species, including humans.
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Dried Potato Products (2)
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Duck (13)
Duck is the common name for numerous species in the waterfowl family Anatidae which also includes swans and geese. Ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the family Anatidae; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks.
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Duck Meal (2)
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Ferrous Sulfate - Harmless ingredient
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Iron sulfate sulphate) or ferrous sulfate denotes a range of salts with the formula FeSO4·xH2O. These compounds exist most commonly as the heptahydrate but are known for several values of x. The hydrated form is used medically to treat iron deficiency, and also for industrial applications.
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Flaxseed - Healthy ingredient
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Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. Textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen.
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Folic Acid - Harmless ingredient
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Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage.
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Green Tea Extract (26)
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Iron Proteinate - Controversial ingredient
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Manganese Proteinate - Controversial ingredient
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Manganese Sulfate - Controversial ingredient
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Mixed Tocopherols - Low-quality ingredient
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Natural Flavor - Controversial ingredient
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Niacin - Harmless ingredient
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Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It has the formula C 6H 5NO 2 and belongs to the group of the pyridinecarboxylic acid. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variety of whole and processed foods, with highest contents in fortified packaged foods, tuna, salmon, some vegetable and other animal sources.
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Potassium Chloride - Low-quality ingredient
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Potassium chloride is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste. KCl is used as a fertilizer, in medicine, in scientific applications, and in food processing, where it may be known as E number additive E508.
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Potato Protein (18)
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Potatoes (34)
The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself, a perennial in the family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile.
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Pyridoxine Hydrochloride - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Food sources include eggs, green vegetables, milk and other dairy product, meat, mushrooms, and almonds. Some countries require its addition to grains. As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat riboflavin deficiency and prevent migraines.
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Rosemary Extract - Healthy ingredient
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Salmon Oil - Healthy ingredient
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Salt - Harmless ingredient
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Salt is a mineral consisting primarily of sodium chloride, a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent.
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Sodium Selenite - Harmful ingredient
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Taurine - Healthy ingredient
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Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight.
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Thiamine Mononitrate - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin A - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids. Vitamin A has multiple functions: it is important for growth and development, for the maintenance of the immune system, and for good vision.
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Vitamin B12 - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body: it is a cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. It is particularly important in the normal functioning of the nervous system via its role in the synthesis of myelin, and in the maturation of developing red blood cells in the bone marrow.
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Vitamin D3 - Harmless ingredient
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Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 and colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D which is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight; it is also found in some foods and can be taken as a dietary supplement. It is used to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency and associated diseases, including rickets.
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Vitamin E - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, can cause nerve problems.
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Zinc Proteinate - Controversial ingredient
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Zinc Sulfate - Low-quality ingredient
(132)
Zinc sulfate is an inorganic compound and dietary supplement. As a supplement it is used to treat zinc deficiency and to prevent the condition in those at high risk. Side effects of excess supplementation may include abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, and tiredness.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein | 22.5% min |
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| Crude Fat | 11.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 4.0% max |
| Moisture | 10.0% max |
| Calcium | 1.2% min |
| Phosphorus | 1.0% min |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01% min |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids | 1.75% min |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids | 0.5% min |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 25.0% |
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| Crude Fat | 12.2% |
| Crude Fiber | 4.4% |
| Moisture | 11.1% |