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Under the Sun Dry Dog Food: Grain Free Chicken Recipe

Dry food · adult dogs

A formulated-to-meet, chicken-first dry food that's denser than 97% (you feed fewer cups). Cost-per-day isn't available yet — this SKU isn't price-matched.

THE FACTS, ONE SENTENCE — data as JSON · reference dog 40 lb · updated 2026-07-11

Your dogupdates every number on this page
40 lb

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The evidence

The Verified Label

Every food on this site gets this exact panel — same fields, same order, sourced from the official label — so brands finally become comparable. Dots show where this food sits among all 494 dry foods we've verified.

Verified LabelThe standardized pet-food panel
VPFD № CANIDA
verified 2026-07-11

Composition — dry-matter basis

why dry matter
Moisture hides the real recipe: kibble is ~10% water, canned food ~78%. Removing water puts every food on one scale, so these are the only nutrition numbers that can be compared across foods. As-fed label values shown small.
Protein 28.9%label: 26% min typical — the median dry food is 30%
Fat 12.2%label: 11% min lower than 88% of dry foods
Fiber 5.8%label: 5.25% max higher than 71% of dry foods
Est. carbohydrates ash not disclosed → 8% assumed, so this is an estimate ≈44.2%computed anchor available once more brands disclose ash
Calcium / Phosphorus extended guarantees: Ω-3 0.55% Not disclosedcalcium/phosphorus no ratio to anchor

Calories & cost — for your 40-lb adult dog

Calorie density 524 kcal/cup3456 kcal/kg denser than 97% of dry foods (median 388) — you feed fewer cups
Daily serving2 cups
Cost per day—
40-lb bag lasts63 days

Cost per 1,000 kcal not available yet — this SKU isn't price-matched to a current retail listing. Serving math uses standard veterinary energy formulas — see the formula.

Standards & ingredients

AAFCO statement
what this means
Two kinds of AAFCO claims exist. Most foods are only "formulated to meet" nutrient profiles — a paper calculation. A smaller set carry the stronger claim: fed to real dogs in AAFCO-procedure trials ("Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate…").
 Formulated to meet · maintenance
First five ingredients (by pre-cooking weight)Chicken Meal · Green Peas · Garbanzo Beans · Yellow Peas · Chicken Fat
Named animal protein first; named meals onlyYes
Legumes in first 10 (FDA DCM inquiry)3 (green peas, garbanzo beans, yellow peas)
BHA / BHT preservativesNone on label
Carrageenan (thickener)None
Ethoxyquin
why unknown
When a fish-meal supplier adds ethoxyquin, U.S. rules don't require it on the finished label — so no label can prove its absence for recipes containing fish meal. We report this as a gap rather than guessing.
 None — no fish meal in this recipe

Safety

FDA recalls — Canidae, since 2023None on record
ManufacturerNot confirmed from label
Label transparency 9 of 15 standard fields
Green = verified favorable · amber = gap in the record · red = verified unfavorable · gray = not disclosed / neutral fact.
Source: official label source (official) · anchors: 494 verified dry dog foods (360 priced) · how to read this label

The fit

For your dog, specifically

Checked for a 40-lb adult with a sensitive stomach — the same published criteria our finder uses. Change your dog above and these update.

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Validated for adult dogsAAFCO statement covers adult maintenance.
✓
Passes our sensitive-stomach checksNamed animal protein first, and no unnamed by-products in the ingredient list.
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Contains chickenNot selected as a concern for your dog — shown here for reference.

The source material

The full ingredient list

Every flag on the Verified Label is computed from this list. Ingredients are ordered by pre-cooking weight — the first five carry the most information.

Chicken Meal, Green Peas, Garbanzo Beans, Yellow Peas, Chicken Fat, Chicken, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Salt, Choline Chloride, Threonine, Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Tryptophan, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Mixed Tocopherols, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Green Beans, Butternut Squash, Tomatoes, Sage, Zucchini, Apples, Carrots, Blueberries, Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Rosemary, Parsley, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Zinc Proteinate, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product