Wholesome Essentials Kitten Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe
Nutro Wholesome Essentials Kitten Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe is a dry kitten food with grains. Its first ingredients are chicken, chicken meal and pea protein. It has an Ingredients score of 68/100, a Nutrition score of 7.1/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $4.60/lb (5 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 29, 2026 · Price checked Oct 29, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken Meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Pea Protein
- 2 / 5
- Legume
- Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Brewers Rice
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Other ingredients
- 3.4 / 5
- Average of the other 36 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Kitten targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 36%
- 4.4 / 5
- Full points between 39% and 49%
- Fat 19%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 24%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 4%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
- Unnamed animal source
- × 0.75
- Fish Meal does not name the animal. Score before: 9.4/10.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 36% | 40% |
| Fat (min) | 19% | 21.1% |
| Fiber (max) | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 24% | 26.7% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 3,886 kcal/kg · 436 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
- Chicken
- Chicken Meal
- Pea Protein
- Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)
- Brewers Rice
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Pea Protein, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Potato Protein, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Fish Meal, Natural Flavor, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Potassium Chloride, Soybean Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Choline Chloride, Fish Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Taurine, Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Salt, DL-Methionine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide, Rosemary Extract
Estimated Monthly Cost
We could not find the maker's feeding chart, so there is no monthly estimate. Price per pound in the cheapest bag: $4.60.
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Last checked: Oct 29, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction