[Ellie May]

Protein levels are consistent throughout the food, so they should be getting 11% in every bite.

There is a debate on whether high protein is good or bad. It hasn't been shown to cause kidney problems but the dog does need to go on lower protein with liver or kidneys problems. It is personal preference and what you are comfortable with. I feed lower protein while others feed high.

The protein in wet foods needs to be converted to a dry matter basis to figure out protein percent. This is the only way to compare kibble to canned food. For example, if a wet food has 78% moisture and 8% protein, the math would go as follows:

Find the reciprocal of the moisture:
100-78=22
Divide the protein amount by the reciprocal of the moisture:
8 divided by 22 = 36% protein

So it may look like the food is only 8% protein but it is actually 36% with the moisture taken out (since moisture isn't a nutrient).