Tripett Green Venison Tripe Grain- Free Canned Dog Food, 12.8-oz, case of 12
Graded by The Sniff System
PetKind Tripett Green Venison Tripe Grain-Free Canned Dog Food is a wet food featuring green venison tripe.
This formula includes ingredients like egg, named fish, or organ meat. These are known to contribute to a diverse and highly bioavailable protein profile.
A major concern is the absence of an AAFCO statement, meaning it doesn't officially guarantee complete and balanced nutrition. Also, green venison tripe provides limited bioavailable amino acids, and there's no declared omega-3 source.
Hard to recommend as a complete and balanced diet due to the missing AAFCO statement. Less ideal as a primary food.
Summary written by The Sniff System from the data above. Same rubric, same drivers, expressed in English.
Good fit for active large sporting breeds, including the Labrador Retriever, navigating skin allergies. Working in its favor: single-named-protein deck (limited-ingredient friendly). The protein deck is built around a single species (venison). For Labrador Retrievers with suspected cutaneous adverse food reactions, a strict elimination diet trial must last a minimum of 8 weeks to reliably diagnose or rule out a food-based trigger. Zinc is essential for skin immunity and healing; the NRC (2006) established a recommended allowance of 20 mg of zinc per 1000 kcal ME for adult dogs at maintenance (NRC, 2006) .
Looking at this for adult Labrador Retrievers or Labrador Retrievers with skin allergies ? We are building dedicated pages for these combinations.
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Below-average grade. 32/100 (D) reflects the structural fit of this formula against The Sniff System's eight scoring components. Ingredient diversity did the heavy lifting (+5 points): Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein. What capped it: the score can't exceed 59 because the AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement isn't disclosed on the retailer page (so our methodology can't verify the formula meets adult, growth, or all-life-stages standards). Removing the cap alone wouldn't change the band. Protein quality is the deeper issue.
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
Low protein quality. green venison tripe delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.
No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.
- Lowest crude fiber in PetKind's lineup (1.5% DMB)
- Top 10% for DMB fat in PetKind's lineup (23.9%)
- Lowest protein quality in PetKind's lineup (2.5/27)
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Wet and fresh foods contain more water than kibble (typically 65-78%). On a dry-matter basis, this food's protein content is roughly 52%, comparable to premium kibble (typically 30-45% DMB protein).
Read why each ingredient is good or bad for dogs.
- 1green venison tripe
- 2water
Just water. Counted on the label of any wet or fresh food. The number tells you the moisture content.
- 3fiberguar gum
Thickener common in wet food. Emerging research on emulsifiers and the gut microbiome, but no smoking gun in dogs yet. See why →
Position 3: functional fiber for digestion or satiety.
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