Adult Lamb Meal & Rice Formula
Nutro Adult Lamb Meal & Rice is formulated to provide 100% complete and balanced nutrition for your dog. This includes the essential vitamins and minerals your dog needs for a strong immune system and overall good health.
Like all Nutro NATURAL CHOICE® products, this formula contains no ground yellow corn. Instead, it uses highly digestible rice, lamb protein plus high levels of linoleic acid for healthy skin, coat, strong muscles.
NATURAL CHOICE® Lamb Meal & Rice Formula provides the premium nutrition your dog deserves for a healthy, happy and long life and does not use chicken heads, feet or intestines, which may be found in products that contain chicken by-product meal.
Key Product Benefits
- Guaranteed great taste
- Natural sources of Glucosamine & Chondroitin for healthy joints
- Advanced antioxidants for a healthy immune system
- Natural ingredients with added vitamins, minerals & taurineHelps clean teeth & freshen breath
- Guaranteed to improve skin & coat
- Premium Nutrition. Superior Performance
High Quality Lamb Protein
- High quality real lamb protein for muscle development and body maintenance. Fewer ingredients mean less opportunity for digestive upset.
Highly Digestible Rice
- Rice is a highly digestible, quality carbohydrate that’s great for your large breed puppy’s stamina and energy, and it’s the only cereal grain we use for this formula.
Natural Sources of Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Healthy Joints
- Good nutrition is important for strong hips and healthy joints. Research shows that these two components found in lamb meal help maintain healthy joint cartilage.
Good Stool Quality
- High digestibility means small compact stools for easy cleanup. That means more nutrition for your dog and less backyard cleanup.
Guaranteed to Improve Skin & Coat
- With high levels of linoleic acid, combined with other key vitamins and minerals, all the nutrition your dog needs for healthy skin and coat.
Advanced Antioxidants for a Healthy Immune System
- 100% complete nutrition so there’s no need to add supplements.
Natural Ingredients with Added Vitamins, Minerals and Taurine
- Vitamin E keeps every nutritious bit of NATURAL CHOICE® Lamb Meal & Rice Formula in perfect condition without synthetic preservatives.
Ingredients
Lamb Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Whole Brown Rice, Pea Protein, Lamb, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Soybean Oil(preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate, L-Lysine, Salt, Choline Chloride, Egg Product, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Copper Proteinate, Biotin, Niacin Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement(source of Vitamin B2), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex(source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein (minimum) |
21.00% |
| Crude Fat (minimum) |
12.00% |
| Crude Fiber (maximum) |
5.00% |
| Moisture (maximum) |
10.00% |
| Linoleic Acid (minimum) |
3.50% |
| Zinc (minimum) |
250 mg/kg |
| Vitamin E (minimum) |
150 IU/kg |
| Ascorbic Acid (minimum)* |
35 mg/kg |
| Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) (minimum)* |
0.20% |
| Glucosamine Hydrochloride (minimum)* |
125 mg/kg |
| Chondroitin Sulfate (minimum)* |
100 mg/kg |
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles
Feeding Guidelines
The following guidelines are for adult dogs and should be adjusted as needed to maintain optimum weight and condition. Feed your dog according to the level of activity. When feeding NATURAL CHOICE® Dog Food for the first time, we suggest you blend increasing amounts of NATURAL CHOICE® Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Dog Food with your old food for 6 days.
| Weight of Dog |
Low Activity |
Moderate Activity |
| 5 - 15 lbs. |
1/2 – 1 cup |
2/3 – 1-1/3 cups |
| 15 - 25 lbs. |
1 – 1-2/3 cups |
1-1/3 – 2 cups |
| 25 - 35 lbs. |
1-2/3 – 2 cups |
2 – 2-1/2 cups |
| 35 - 55 lbs. |
2 – 3 cups |
2-1/2 – 3-1/2 cups |
| 55 - 75 lbs.+ |
3 – 3-2/3 cups+ |
3-1/2 – 4-1/2 cups+ |
*Use a standard 8 oz. measuring cup which holds 3.47 oz. of NC Lamb Meal and Rice Formula.
Calorie Content: Metabolizable energy (calculated) 3415 kcal/kg, 337 kcal/cup.
Pregnant Bitches: Offer 50% more during pregnancy.
Lactating Bitches: Offer at least 2 to 3 times the amount of food.
Puppies: Feed up to twice the normal adult requirement. Feed Puppies 3 times daily until 6 months old, then twice daily until fourteen months, depending on breed.
All Dogs: Keep fresh drinking water available at all times. See your veterinarian regularly.
