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About Nutro Dry Dog Food


Wholesome Nutrition
Nutro Wholesome Essentials gives your dog everything he needs for good nutrition using wholesome, clean ingredients from trusted farmers and suppliers. Each recipe starts with high-quality protein as the number one ingredient, with non-GMO ingredients, by-product meals, corn, wheat, soy or artificial flavors, colors or preservatives.
Trace amounts of genetically modified material may be present due to potential cross contact during manufacturing.
Foods for Every Age
Whether your dog is still a playful, mischievous puppy or a seasoned senior enjoying his golden years, Nutro has a tailored formula for him. Choose from puppy formulas fortified with omega-3s for healthy development, adult formulas with just the right balance of nutrients or senior recipes with extra antioxidants for immune support. Nutro has the right nutrition for your dog at every age.


Made for Big, Small and All
Wholesome Essentials offers formulas crafted with the unique needs of big and little dogs in mind. Large breed recipes contain natural sources of glucosamine and chondroitin to support healthy joints. There are even senior and puppy formulas tailored for small and large breed dogs. It doesn’t get much more custom than that!
Never Boring
Liven things up for your pup by mixing delicious wet and dry Nutro recipes together at mealtime. Nutro’s Hearty Stews Wet Dog Foods perfectly complement any of the Nutro Dry Dog Food varieties, for a nutritious flavor and texture sensation your dog will love.

Rich in Nutrients, Full of Flavor
Every delicious Nutro Wholesome Essentials recipe begins and ends with wholesome, natural ingredients. Nutro carefully crafts each of its dry foods using real meat as the first ingredient, with non-GMO ingredients, fillers, by-product meals or artificial anything. It’s just good, clean dog food you can trust.

HIGH-QUALITY PROTEIN
Real beef, chicken, lamb, salmon or venison is the number one ingredient in every mouthwatering recipe.

NON-GMO
Nutro Wholesome Essentials never uses chicken by-product meal, corn, wheat, soy protein, GMOs, or artificial flavors, colors or preservatives—ever.
Trace amounts of genetically modified material may be present due to potential cross contact during manufacturing.

FROM TRUSTED SOURCES
All recipes are made in Nutro’s US facilities using trusted ingredients from farmers and suppliers around the world.
About Nutro
Nutro has been making delicious, nutritious pet food since 1926. As pioneers in pet nutrition and pet-loving people, their philosophy includes a commitment to quality and food safety and better living through natural, purposeful nutrition. They offer a range of dry and wet foods for dogs and cats and are continually striving to make all their foods as clean and healthy as possible for your pets.
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9 Customer Questions
What is the ash content
Answer by • Jul 22, 2018
This recipe contains 7.039 % Ash on an as fed basis.
I have 2 senior cats who have been eating Nutro Max Cat dry food for many years. Both cats have dental issues.The shape of the Max Cat is flat unlike most other dry foods that are round and difficult for our girls to eat. Can anyone tell me the shape of this food?
Answer by • Apr 06, 2020
This kibble is oval shaped. Please see the attached image for this kibble shape.
Do you source any ingredients including mineral and other essential ingredients from China?
Answer by • Sep 08, 2020
This recipe is made in the USA. Nutro sources their ingredients from trusted farmers and suppliers, prepared only in trusted facilities, and rigorously tested for quality and safety. They travel the world to locate and source the quality ingredients used in our recipes. Nutro works with chickpea farmers in Canada and North Dakota, sugar beet farmers in Chile, Europe and other parts of South America, pea and lentil farmers in North Dakota, rice farmers in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and California, lamb farmers in Australia and New Zealand and many others around the world to source their high-quality ingredients.
The large bag I ordered previously indicated Non GMO. Is this product also Non GMO?
Answer by • Jan 02, 2020
NUTRO Food for Cats follows the NUTRO FEED CLEAN philosophy, is always made with Non-GMO Ingredients and is made with no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives.