Reading the four printed lines on our scallop bag

The freeze dried scallops guaranteed analysis printed on our label comes down to four lines: at least 68% crude protein, at least 3% crude fat, at most 4% crude fiber and at most 16% moisture. A fifth line gives energy, 2,690 kcal ME per kilogram or about 76.2 kcal per ounce. The ingredient is scallops, and only scallops.

Which four lines does the scallop label print?

Here they are, as the label prints them:

• Crude protein, minimum: 68%
• Crude fat, minimum: 3%
• Crude fiber, maximum: 4%
• Moisture, maximum: 16%

Minimum means at least, and maximum means at most. The listing repeats the same figures, introduced as text printed on the package label, so what you read here is the bag's own. The first two lines are floors and the last two are ceilings, so none of the four measures the particular bag in your hand. Each one is a limit the bag stays on the right side of.

The bag holds one ingredient. Our scallops for dogs page sets these same figures out in a table with the rest of the product, and this page takes them one at a time.

Which scallop lines stand out next to our other labels?

Reading the printed figures against our seven labels, and nothing more, three things show up. The 4% fiber ceiling is the lowest of the seven. The 16% moisture ceiling ties the highest ceiling in our range. And the 3% fat minimum is the same number you will find on the octopus and shrimp labels.

On protein, 68% sits below the octopus bag at 70% and the shrimp bag at 71%.

Read it the way you would read a window sticker: figures side by side, no verdict printed on either one. The label prints no reason for these numbers, and we will not supply one. Fiber and moisture are the two ceilings in play here, and fat and protein are the two floors. If you would rather see two bags at once, mussels vs scallops for dogs puts the two shellfish labels together. For the next single read in this series, try our octopus label.

What do 2,690 per kilogram and 76.2 per ounce describe?

Both belong to the energy line, and both describe the same food stated two ways. The label prints 2,690 kcal ME/kg, and ME stands for metabolizable energy. It then prints approximately 76.2 kcal/oz, marked approximate, for the same energy counted per ounce.

We pass both along as printed and convert nothing. If you compare across bags, set per ounce beside per ounce and per kilogram beside per kilogram, because mixing the two is how a figure gets misread. Neither is a per-piece number. Weight, not count, is how the bag is packed, so the piece count varies, and there is no figure for one scallop on the label or anywhere else we publish.

What does the listing add beside the label?

The label carries the analysis. Everything else comes from the listing, which calls the scallops a treat or a meal topper rather than a whole diet, asks for fresh water and supervision, and says to scale the amount with the pet's size, age and activity. Once it is open, the bag is to be closed after each use and stored cool and dry with sunlight kept off it, and it calls the bag shelf stable.

It covers adult dogs of any size and sends the same bag to cats. For a cat, our suggestion is small pieces; for anything beyond that, ask your veterinarian.

The scallops are freeze-dried raw, which is our statement. Raw means the FDA, raw pet food diets page applies, and it asks for clean hands and clean surfaces afterward (opened 2026-10-16).