Wholesomes Adult Chicken Meal & Rice (Adult, Dry)
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Ingredients (verbatim, per manufacturer product page, including the maker's lower case rendering of two vitamin names): Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Peas, Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Calcium pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), Rosemary Extract.
Guaranteed analysis (as fed, per manufacturer): Crude Protein (min) 24.0%, Crude Fat (min) 14.0%, Crude Fiber (max) 6.0%, Moisture (max) 10.0%, Omega-6 Fatty Acids (min) 2.0%, Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min) 0.4%. The maker footnotes the omega fatty acids as not recognised as essential nutrients by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles. This recipe publishes no taurine guarantee. Energy 3,400 kcal/kg calculated metabolizable energy (347 kcal/cup). Chicken Meal is the first ingredient.
The simplest ingredient list in the Wholesomes dry range covered here, at twelve named items before the vitamin and mineral blocks, and unusually for this brand's rice recipes it is genuinely single species: chicken meal first and chicken fat sixth, with no secondary beef or poultry meal hiding further down the list, which is the opposite of what the lamb and bison rice recipes do. Rice appears three ways, brown rice second, plain rice fourth and rice bran fifth. At 24.0% as fed the protein works out at roughly 26.7% on a dry matter basis. Two small label inconsistencies, transcribed rather than corrected: calcium pantothenate and thiamine mononitrate are printed in lower case here, where the Wholesomes sensitive skin pages capitalise both. No formal AAFCO substantiation statement appears on this product page, only the maker's 100% complete and balanced claim. Whatever food ends up in the bowl, a single ingredient freeze dried topper is a way to add interest without changing the diet, which is what Sniff and Shift makes in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Consolidated from publicly available manufacturer information (link below), compiled Nov 2, 2026. Not tested or evaluated by Sniff and Shift. Not medical advice, verify on current packaging and consult your veterinarian.
Questions about Wholesomes Chicken Meal & Rice Recipe
What are the first ingredients?
As listed on the Wholesomes product page, the first ingredients are Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Peas, Rice, Rice Bran. The full list is on the spec sheet above.
Is chicken the only animal protein?
Yes. Chicken meal and chicken fat are the only animal ingredients on the published list, which is not true of the lamb and bison recipes in the same range.
How much protein and fat does it have?
Wholesomes publishes crude protein 24.0% (as-fed min) and crude fat 14.0% (as-fed min), with 3,400 kcal/kg (347 kcal/cup). These are the maker's published figures, not our measurements.
Does Wholesomes publish an AAFCO statement for it?
Not on the product page. The page states only that it supplies a 100% complete and balanced diet, which is a completeness claim rather than the formal AAFCO substantiation statement. Check the bag.
Where do these numbers come from?
Every figure on this page is transcribed from Wholesomes's own product page, linked in the Source line below. Check the bag for the current label.
Source: Wholesomes product page (wholesomespetfood.com). Figures are the maker's published values; check the bag for the current label.
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