Pure Vita NutriSource Puppy Food for Large Breeds, Chicken and Rice

Dry food for dogs · All life stages · by Pure Vita

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What to watch for

• Salt Low risk
  Salt supplies sodium and chloride, which dogs need. Pet foods use small amounts; high salt is mainly a concern for dogs with heart or kidney disease.
• Copper sulfate Low risk
  A source of copper, an essential trace mineral. Some breeds accumulate copper in the liver, and vets have raised concern that some dog foods supply more than dogs need.

What it does well

• Named meat first
  First ingredient is chicken.

Ingredients

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, Oatmeal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Flax Seed, Natural Chicken and Turkey Flavors, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Brewers Dried Yeast, Menhaden Fishmeal, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Dried Kelp Meal, Dl Methionine, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Proteinate, Magnesium Oxide, Manganese Proteinate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Lactic Acid, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Yeast Culture, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Calcium Carbonate, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract.

What the label cannot tell you

• Ingredient order is by weight before cooking; fresh meat counts water.
• Mineral levels are not printed on this label.
• We could not find the AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement for this product. Scan the bag to confirm it is complete and balanced.

Sizes and barcodes

• NutriSource Puppy Food for Large Breeds, Chicken and Rice, 4LB UPC 073893264064

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Informational, not veterinary advice. The score is our opinion of a food, built from the facts on its label with our published method. No brand pays to rank higher. Recipes change: check the bag you have, or scan it in the app.

Score version 2026.11.6 · Page updated 2026-11-03