By Nature Active Defense Balanced Diet – Dry

Ingredients: Deboned turkey, chicken meal, steel-cut oats, green peas, lentils, sweet potatoes, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), deboned herring, turkey meal, tapioca, dried whole eggs, sun-cured alfalfa meal, natural chicken flavor, chicken liver, salmon oil (source of DHA), coconut oil, pumpkin, butternut squash, carrots, spinach, broccoli, apples, pears, blueberries, cranberries, pomegranate, juniper berry extract, ginger, fennel, green tea extract, peppermint leaf, turmeric, salt, lecithin, potassium chloride, chicory root extract, vitamins [vitamin E supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), vitamin A supplement, niacin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], minerals [zinc oxide, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganese oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], dl-methionine, l-lysine, yeast extract, choline chloride, glucosamine hydrochloride, taurine, rosemary extract, chondroitin sulfate, l-carnitine, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus helveticus fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium longum fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product

Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 3.9%

Guaranteed Analysis: Protein: 26% Fat: 16% Carbs: NA

By Nature Active Defense Balanced Diet Dog Food receives the Advisor’s second-highest tier rating of 4 stars. Note that Dog Food Advisor does not conduct analytical testing of the actual composition of the dog food product. Rather, their ratings are based on the claimed ingredients on the label.

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The By Nature Active Defense Balanced Diet product line includes four dry dog foods.

Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product’s official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.

• By Nature Balanced Diet Turkey, Green Peas and Herring [A]

• By Nature Balanced Diet Pork and Sweet Potato (3.5 stars) [A]

• By Nature Balanced Diet Lamb, Lentils and Duck (3.5 stars) [A]

• By Nature Balanced Diet Ocean Whitefish, Green Peas and Herring (4.5 stars) [A]