Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food


The Good


First ingredient is a named meat source

The Bad


Heavy use of wheat

Heavy on the grains

Use of Corn Gluten Meal

Lower Quality Ingredients

Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food Full Review


Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food

Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food is part of the Nutro Dog Food product line. Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food is made and manufactured by Nutro Products, Inc.

Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food Review

When analyzing dog food brands the first five ingredients are going to be the most important. The first five ingredients are going to make up the majority of the recipe. We have listed the ingredients, analysis of the first five, and the guaranteed analysis of Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food.

    Chicken Meal, Wheat Flour, Ground Whole Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Rice Bran, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Ground Rice, Chicken, Natural Flavors, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate, Monosodium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Carbonate, Yeast Culture, L-Lysine, Salt, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Oxide, Dried Kelp, Lecithin, Garlic Flavor, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity)
    1. Chicken Meal
    2. Wheat Flour
    3. Ground Whole Wheat
    4. Corn Gluten Meal
    5. Rice Bran
    Chicken Meal: Chicken Meal is an excellent protein source. Unlike the ingredient “Chicken”, the water content has been removed from this ingredient. The AAFCO definition is the following: "Chicken which has been ground or otherwise reduced in particle size."

    Wheat Flour : Wheat is believed to be the number one dog food ingredient that causes allergies within dogs. Wheat flour is a grain fragment.

    Ground Whole Wheat: Wheat is believed to be the number one dog food ingredient that causes allergies within dogs.

    Corn Gluten Meal: This ingredient is mainly used to “hold” the food together. Corn Gluten is a cheap, low quality ingredient. Basically anything left over during the human processing falls into this ingredient. The current aafco definition of Corn Gluten is:” The dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.”

    Rice Bran: Rice Bran is a by-product of Rice. Although Rice Bran doesn't offer the Nutrition Value Rice does, its not considered to be a bad ingredient. The current AAFCO definition for Rice Bran is the following:” the pericarp or bran layer and germ of the rice, with only such quantity of hull fragments, chipped, broken, or brewer's rice, and calcium carbonate as is unavoidable in the regular milling of edible rice."

    Crude Protein (min.) 26.00%

    Crude Fat (min.) 16.00%

    Crude Fiber (max.) 4.00%

    Moisture (max.) 10.00%

    Linoleic Acid (min.) 3.70%

    Zinc (min.) 260 mg/kg

    Vitamin E (min.) 120 IU/kg

    Ascorbic Acid (min.)* 35 mg/kg

    Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food Consumer Ratings

    Don't want to take our word on it? Have you (or your dog) tried Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food. If so please give us your thoughts on Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food. Below we have a couple of categories we believe are important to consumers. Please take the time and rate Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food.

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    Rating: 3.0/10 (4 votes cast)
    Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food, 3.0 out of 10 based on 4 ratings

    Rating (out of 10)

    Overall Ingredients


    This value take a look at the overall ingredients of the recipe.
    		 2

    First Five Ingredeints


    This value evaluates the first five ingredients only.
    		 2

    Protein Content


    This value evaluates the amount of protein.
    		 3

    Grain Content


    This value evaluates the amount of grains. 10 = No Grains.
    		 3

    Total

    		 2.5



    One Response to “Nutro MAX Adult Dog Food”

    1. Jessica Merrill says:
      October 2, 2010 at 4:40 pm

      I have had to switch my dog’s food 4 times in the last 6 weeks because of availability issues. I was giving her The Goodlife Recipe, but now I cannot find it anywhere. I switched her to Iam’s Natural, but the last two times I have went to get dog food they have been sold out, and are apparently having shipping issues, because they are out everywhere. So this last time I bought Beneful and she was fine with all the different dog foods until I brough home Nutro Max Adult Dog Food. She woke up with diarrhea after the first time she ate it. The next day she threw up all afternoon and night. And today she won’t touch it. She has never had a sensitive stomach, she has always been fine with whatever I gave her, until now. And now I’m stuck with a $25 bag of dog food that won’t get eaten and have to go buy more. And the food even says easy to digest and sensitive on stomachs. Not Happy!!!

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