WholeHearted Dry Dog Food

Type

Hot Extruded / Dry

Grain

Grain Inclusive

Origin

United States

Recipes

10

Is WholeHearted Dry Dog Food Good?

WholeHearted Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 3-star rating — around 31% of all the pet food we review fall in this tier.

They seem to have nutrition ratio similar to a common pet food, and contain mainly named ingredents. We think they are fine, and it might be great to give your pets some extra meaty food or treats.

What We like

    Use Organic Minerals to Improve Absorption

    Aid Digestion with Probiotics

What We Concern

    More than 37% Carbs

    Include Plant Protein in Top 5 ingredients

    Numberous Controversial Ingredients

    Contain Potential Allergens like Corn, Soy, Gluten, and Dairy products

    Contain Ingredients that might be Uncertain

「Chief of Food」Fat Hill

Recipes Rating

Recipes could have different ingredients in the same product line. We rate each recipe and list them from higest to lowest ratings.

Higher protein and lower carbs recipes are rated higher

Recipe and 1st Ingredient

Rating

Grain Free

Wholehearted Active Performance High-Protein Chicken & Rice

1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：33%

4

Wholehearted Active Performance High-Protein Beef & Rice

1️⃣Beef 🍚Carbs：33%

3.5

WholeHearted Adult Small-Breed Beef & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains

1️⃣Beef 🍚Carbs：43%

3

WholeHearted Adult Small-Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains

1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：43%

3

WholeHearted All Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Puppy

1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：40%

3

WholeHearted All Life Stages Beef and Brown Rice

1️⃣Beef 🍚Carbs：44%

3

WholeHearted All Life Stages Chicken and Brown Rice

1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：44%

3

WholeHearted Adult Large-Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains

1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：47%

2.5

WholeHearted Healthy Benefits Weight Control Lamb and Pea

1️⃣Lamb Meal 🍚Carbs：49%

2.5

WholeHearted Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains

1️⃣Lamb 🍚Carbs：46%

2.5

Tips

Recipes have different ratings. This means they might be designed a bit differently.

Recipe to review

To rate WholeHearted Dry Dog Food, we will take one representative recipe to evaluate the nutrition, ingredients and meat content of this product line.

We have chosen WholeHearted Adult Small-Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains.

Nutrition Label

Pet food show guaranteed analysis on their labels. It includes moisture and does not reflect the level of carbs — which we prefer lower for dogs and as low as possible for cats.

From the label of WholeHearted Adult Small-Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fiber

3%

Carbs

?%

Calculate the dry value (no moisture) on a dry matter basis will help us to estimate the carbs level and other nutrition without water — so we can get a better idea about the ratio.

(We think the ideal nutrition profile would be Protein > Fat > Carbs)

Nutrition Our Ideal Dry Value Like?

Protein 30% or more 28%

Fat 15% or more 17%

Carbs Less than 28% 43%

Fiber Less than 5% 3.3%

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Ingredients Overview

49 ingredients are listed on the label. We research their quality to pet and use our best judgement to group them in the proportion of Prefer, Concerned, and Notice ingredients in the bar chart.

♨ Allergen

1 units

🌋 Indigest

2 units

⁉ Uncertain

1 units

Organic Minerals Seems to Include

Probiotics Seems to Include

Prefer

Concerned

Notice

Neutral

Click an ingredient to see the detail

Chicken

Animal Protein

Chicken Meal

Animal Protein

Whole Grain Brown Rice

Carbs

Cracked Pearled Barley

Carbs

♨🌋

Dried Yeast

Plant Protein Concentrate

Rice Bran

Carbs

Millet

Carbs

Chicken Fat

Fat

Dried Beet Pulp

Carbs

Natural Flavor

Food Additive

Flaxseed

Fat

Salmon Oil

Fat

Dicalcium Phosphate

Supplement

🌋⁉

Salt

Others

Potassium Chloride

Supplement

Dl-methionine

Supplement

Choline Chloride

Supplement

Taurine

Supplement

Dried Chicory Root

Carbs

Yucca Schidigera Extract

Carbs

L-carnitine

Supplement

Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product

Probiotics

Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product

Probiotics

Dried Lactobaccillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product

Probiotics

Dried Enterococcus Faceium Fermentation Product

Probiotics

Dried Bifidobacterium Animalis Fermentation Product

Probiotics

Vitamin E Supplement

Supplement

Iron Proteinate

Supplement

Zinc Proteinate

Supplement

Copper Proteinate

Supplement

Ferrous Sulfate

Supplement

Zinc Sulfate

Supplement

Copper Sulfate

Supplement

Potassium Iodide

Supplement

Thiamine Mononitrate

Supplement

Manganese Proteinate

Supplement

Manganous Oxide

Supplement

Ascorbic Acid

Supplement

Vitamin A Supplement

Supplement

Biotin

Supplement

Niacin

Supplement

Calcium Pantothenate

Supplement

Manganese Sulfate

Supplement

Sodium Selenite

Food Additive

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

Supplement

Vitamin B12 Supplement

Supplement

Riboflavin

Supplement

Vitamin D3 Supplement

Supplement

Folic Acid

Supplement

Tips

We find 7 Concerned and 3 Notice ingredients from WholeHearted Adult Small-Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe with Whole Grains. Check from the above list to view the details.

Concerned

    Cracked Pearled Barley

    Dried Yeast

    Dried Beet Pulp

    Natural Flavor

    Salt

    Dl-methionine

    Sodium Selenite

Notice

    Whole Grain Brown Rice

    Rice Bran

    Dicalcium Phosphate

Estimated Meat Content

Some pet food uses high plant protein ingredients to boost up the overall protein level — to make it looks like it includes a lot of meat, which is more appealing for customers.

Therefore, protein level itself cannot tell the quality and how much animal ingredients (more digestible than plants) is in the pet food.

Check if protein is overrated by plant protein boost up

Count of Plant Protein

1 / 7 (14%)

in top 7 ingredients

Protein Level

28%

in dry matter

By looking at the plant protein in top ingredients and compare with the total protein level, we will try to estimate how much animal ingredients is used in the pet food as Meat Content.

Meat Content

Based on my "godly" guess, the meat content might be Medium !

It looks like it contains a moderate amount of meat. Your furbabies should still be fine with it.

WholeHearted Dry Dog Food Product Line Review

To make a conclusion about the whole product line, we will consider all recipes and their average nutrition ratio.

Recipes Average Compares to Ideal Level

In the total of 10 recipes, the group has an average of 28% protein, 16% fat and 42% carbohydrate.

（Protein and Fat: Prefer Higher丨Carbs: Prefer Lower）

    Protein is -2 (%) less than ideal

    Fat is 1 (%) higher than ideal

    Carbs is 14 (%) higher than ideal

What does it mean?

Overall,WholeHearted Dry Dog Food has an carbs level higher than our preferred level.

Conclusion

Throughout the review, we have 3 major opinons about this pet food line:

    Similar nutrition ratio as a common pet food

    Clear, named animal products as main ingredient

    Medium level of meat content

Based on these, we can conclude WholeHearted Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 3 star rating.

Do we recommend WholeHearted Dry Dog Food ?

It is a fine pet food, and it might be great to give your pets some extra meaty food or treats.

The review is entirely our own view and opinon. It is for informational reference only and not a purchase advice.