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Four-Star Zealambder® Recipe Dry Dog Food

Dry food · all dogs

A formulated-to-meet, lamb-first dry food that's denser than 48% (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 № FROMM-
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 17.8%label: 16% min higher than 70% of dry foods
Fiber 6.7%label: 6% max higher than 83% of dry foods
Est. carbohydrates computed from disclosed ash ≈40.2%computed anchor available once more brands disclose ash
Calcium / Phosphorus extended guarantees: Ca 1.37% · P 1.15% 1.19 : 1ratio, as fed within the AAFCO adult range (1:1 – 2:1)

Calories & cost — for your 40-lb adult dog

Calorie density 386 kcal/cup3681 kcal/kg typical — the median dry food is 388 (median 388) — you feed more cups
Daily serving2½ cups
Cost per day—
4-lb bag lasts6 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 · all_life_stages
First five ingredients (by pre-cooking weight)Lamb · whole oats · whole barley · dried egg product · oatmeal
Named animal protein first; named meals onlyYes
Legumes in first 10 (FDA DCM inquiry)None
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.
 Can't be determined from label

Safety

FDA recalls — Fromm, since 20231 on record — see recall history
ManufacturerNot confirmed from label
Label transparency 10 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.
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Passes our sensitive-stomach checksNamed animal protein first, and no unnamed by-products in the ingredient list.
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Chicken-free recipeNot selected for your dog — but relevant if chicken sensitivity ever comes up.

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.

Lamb, whole oats, whole barley, dried egg product, oatmeal, pearled barley, lamb meal, salmon meal, dried tomato pomace, lamb liver, pork liver, pork fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), salmon oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), venison, pumpkin, flaxseed, alfalfa meal, kiwifruit, apples, broccoli, carrots, alfalfa sprouts, potassium chloride, Vitamins [choline chloride, Vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid, calcium carbonate, riboflavin supplement, niacin supplement, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin A supplement, Vitamin D3 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, Vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid], chicory root extract, New Zealand green mussels, salt, Minerals [zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc proteinate, ferrous proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper sulfate, magnesium proteinate, copper proteinate, calcium iodate], taurine, cranberries, yucca schidigera extract, sodium selenite, sorbic acid (preservative), blueberries, dried Lactobacillus paracasei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus reuteri fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product

Wet ingredients like fresh lamb shrink once cooked — which is why named meals appearing high on the list matter: they keep meaningful animal protein after moisture is removed.