Wet and canned dog food, compared on the label

Captured 2026-07-25

Canned food is about 78% water, so its label percentages look tiny next to kibble and aren't — an 8% protein can is roughly 36% on a dry-matter basis. The conversion is done for you below.

Dry kibble 86 Fresh cooked 16 Air-dried 7 Wet / canned 8 Grain-free 39 Feeding-trial tested 18 Puppy / growth 52 All life stages 41 No analysis 9

Foods

from 6 brands in the database

Protein, dry matter

22.7–50%

median 36.4% · 8 of 8 publish it

Calorie density

936–1,186kcal/kg

median 1,077 · 8 of 8 publish it

No analysis published

every food here publishes protein and fat

Ordered by dry-matter protein, highest first; formulas whose manufacturer publishes no figure come last. Bars span the full 122-formula range rather than this page's, so a bar here means what the same bar means anywhere on the site. Hatched cells are values the manufacturer does not publish. Scroll horizontally to see all 8 columns.

With Beef, Carrots, Peas & Barley	Beneful	50%	9.1%	78%	936	117.5 g
With Real Chicken in Gravy	Purina Dog Chow	50%	13.6%	78%	987	111.4 g
Chicken & Rice Entrée Classic	Purina Pro Plan	40.9%	27.3%	78%	1186	75.9 g
Adult Chicken	Pedigree	36.4%	27.3%	78%	1171	68.3 g
Chicken & Brown Rice Entrée	Purina ONE	36.4%	31.8%	78%	1143	70 g
Duck & Brown Rice Recipe (Canned)	Natural Balance	31.8%	31.8%	78%	1170	59.8 g
Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe (Canned)	Natural Balance	25%	15.9%	78%	1011	54.4 g
Vegetarian Recipe with Superfood Blend (Canned)	Natural Balance	22.7%	13.6%	78%	983	50.9 g

What this list means

8 formulas from 6 brands match this filter today. 8 publish a guaranteed analysis, 8 a calorie statement, 5 an ingredient list and 7 an AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement. Dry-matter protein across the 8 that publish it runs 22.7% to 50%, median 36.4% — against 18.7% to 50% across the whole database.

Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology