Label analysisGrade CKibble (Extruded)

Monge

Monge BWild Grain Free All Breeds Adult Duck with Potatoes

Editor ingredient insight

Monge BWild Grain-Free Adult Duck is a rich duck food for dogs that tolerate duck well and can handle a high-fat formula. It has 38% dried duck, 10% fresh duck, 18% duck oil, 30% protein, and 20% fat, but kcal/kg is not disclosed. Potatoes at 20%, potato protein at 6%, hydrolysed animal proteins, salmon oil, and milk protein powder make it a poor fit for weight control, low-fat needs, potato-protein sensitivity, or dairy-protein sensitivity.

Logic-based verdict

This food offers a stable basic protein structure.

Manufacturer-independentPublic-data basedIngredients · nutrition · safety

Protein source

Ingredient guide

Processed plant protein after the top 3

Animal protein

Duck meat (dried 38% and fresh 10%) (#1), Named animal protein group (#7)

Plant protein

potato protein (6%) (#4)

The protein number includes processed plant protein support.

Even when it appears later, the protein number is read more conservatively.

Included support ingredients

Nutrient guide

Fish oil

Skin and joint support ingredient

Salmon oil

Skin and joint support ingredient

MOS

Gut support ingredient

XOS

Gut support ingredient

Yucca extract

Stool odor support ingredient

Glucosamine

Joint support ingredient

Chondroitin

Joint support ingredient

Omega-3

Skin and joint support ingredient

Omega-6

Skin and coat support ingredient

L-carnitine

Heart and weight support ingredient

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Needs context

Ingredient grade

C

Grade C

Top ingredient profile

Duck meat (dried 38% and fresh 10%)
potatoes (20%)
animal fat (18%)
Dehydrated-protein leadPlant booster present
Crude protein30%
Crude protein30%
Crude fat20%
Other 50%

Protein position, fat position, and calorie density position are relative to foods in the same processing type cohort.

biotechProtein position
Higher
query_statsFat position
Higher
local_fire_departmentCalorie density
Limited

Species-named animal protein ingredients stay near the top, and protein does not fall into a clearly low band. The trade-off is that this is not the same as a fresh-meat-first premium pattern.

Nutritional strengths

  • Crude protein is on the higher side.
  • Top ingredients do not show a prominent FDA-investigated non-hereditary DCM ingredient profile.

What still needs work

  • Processed plant protein appears after the top 3, so some protein support is still built into the label number.
  • The recipe leans on dehydrated animal ingredients, so texture or palatability can feel different from a fresh-meat-led recipe.
  • Public data is usable, but not at the highest-trust tier.

Alternative foods

Smart duck alternatives

Exact protein-type matches come first, then close protein-family matches fill the comparison.

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Label score

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Brand context

Brand background availableRecall research scope limited

Founded in 1963 in Italy. The currently searched public sources are not enough to make a confident recall or withdrawal call for this brand.

Ingredient analysis

The top ingredients are still usable, but this is the part to inspect more carefully before calling the recipe a clear strength.

restaurantIngredient Quality Analysis

C3/6
Ingredient Grade
Mixed
1Duck meat (dried 38% and fresh 10%)
Named Dehydrated Protein · Upper
2potatoes (20%)
Starchy Tuber · Mid
3animal fat (18%)
Generic Fat · Mid

Ingredient Analysis Comments

  • •Duck meat (dried 38% and fresh 10%) is a species-named dehydrated animal protein ingredient. It is distinct from rendered meal and usually supports a denser animal-protein structure. It reads as an upper-tier protein source.
  • •potatoes (20%) is a starchy tuber ingredient. It is not a grain, but it still reads mainly as a starch and energy source. It reads as an mid-tier carb source.
  • •animal fat (18%) is a generic fat source. It supports calories, but transparency is weaker than a named oil or fat. It reads as an mid-tier fat source.
restaurantIngredient Grade CMixed

Full collected ingredient list

16 ingredients
Duck meat (dried 38% and fresh 10%)potatoes (20%)animal fat (18%) (duck oil purified at 99.5%)potato protein (6%)brewers’ yeastdried beet pulpNamed animal protein groupfish oil (salmon oil purified at 99.5%)mineralsmannan-oligosaccharides (MOS 1%)xylo-oligosaccharide (XOS 0.3%)yucca schidigera (0.3%)spiruline (0.3%)glucosamine (0.057%)chondroitin sulphate (0.04%)milk protein powder
Primary positive ingredients
Support positive ingredients
Alternative protein
Neutral ingredients
Caution ingredients
High-caution ingredients

Why processed plant proteins are reviewed cautiously

Ingredient lists are ordered by input weight, not protein contribution. Fresh meat 100g and Soybean Meal 50g can both contribute about 20g of protein, and Pea Protein can deliver a similar amount at around 30g. So these ingredients can materially lift crude protein even outside the top three. The review treats processed plant-protein boosters cautiously because they can weaken the animal-protein-centered profile most guardians expect from a high-protein food.

Why did the base review land here?

Ingredient qualityNutrient disclosure levelManufacturing & trust

This review score combines ingredient composition, nutrient disclosure, manufacturing trust, and core nutrient caution signals.

Nutrient disclosure

Partial disclosure

Core guaranteed analysis is usable, but deeper rows still need a more cautious read.

Safety verification

No fails

No major red flag jumps out first, though undisclosed rows still define the limits of this safety read.

Public data trust (ETF)

C1 tier

Detailed nutrition is visible, but not at a product-level traceability standard.

Final word

There is enough here to keep the food in comparison, but not enough to stop comparing yet.

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