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Size Ingredients De-boned chicken, peas, chicken meal, potatoes, chickpeas, tapioca, pea fibre, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), flaxseed, suncured alfalfa, natural flavour, psyllium husk, potato flour, apples, tomato, carrots, salt, dried chicory root, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, beta-carotene, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid), minerals (ferrous sulphate, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, selenium yeast, zinc oxide, copper sulphate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate), dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, taurine, DL-methionine, choline chloride, chicken cartilage (a source of chondroitin sulphate), glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphate, New Zealand green mussels, L-carnitine, yucca schidigera extract, potassium chloride, dried rosemary

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