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, to ask them to clarify about those strange figures? I really wonder where all those minced chicken carbs could come from!
I was very surprised at this myself. There is nothing in the ingredients to suggest such a high carb level. No potato no topioca I’m stumped I guess. I will contact them and ask to clarify. I wrote them in the first place bc I asked a question on chewy about it and they came back with that (24%) number for the minced chicken.That's very strange! Our cats love the minced chicken and there are no carby-sounding ingredients on the list. I called Nutro about carbs and phosphorus several years ago. They weren't giving out dry matter figures on carbs then but said the carbs for all three foods I fed (minced chicken, chunky chicken, sliced turkey) were "negligible." Which made perfect sense, given the ingredients.
Are you going to write back to them,
Finally, thank you for posting this!
I actually thought of you when I got the information back and was hoping you’d see it. I know you mentioned you feed the minced nutro varieties. I’ll ley you guys know if I find out any more information. I’m glad I only have 1 can of that one left. I’m ok with the 12% minced chicken and shrimp but the 24% level Ill definitely stay away from.
I’ll ask them if they changed the recipe recently. And yes. That’s waaaay too high for my liking. I’m glad my babies love the chunky chicken bc that’s what they’ll be getting from now on.
..now I’m questioning everything. Great 
I hate to say it but yes, they probably are way off if you were using guaranteed analysis data from the cans. They'll give you a general sense but not a very accurate figure. I wish they'd just give dry matter for better comparisons!Also if that number is correct what good is it to try to figure it out yourself? For all I know all the carb numbers I figured out based on provided nutritional analysis are way off
Yes, I use the Cat Info chart, too, which should be good because she says she used typical nutrient analysis numbers. And another yes: it's all very frustrating because you just want to make an informed decision on what to feed!
I got more of an explanation from nutro. It doesn’t really explain the really high carb level but here is what they said
Thank you for this,
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! Though this is bad news for Edwina and Ireland. And maybe your cats, too. 
One tablespoon of Bob's xanthan gum has 7 grams of carbs. One tablespoon of his guar gum has 9 grams. Considering that a lot of the 85 grams of can of Nutro minced chicken is water, it wouldn't take a lot of those gums to run up to nearly a quarter of the food's dry matter. Even so, wow. And wow again.
That would explain it. I’m kind of bummed bc I thought that was one of the few foods in gravy my cats loved that wasn’t crazy carby. Oh well, they are just as happy eating pate. I was just being overzealous and trying to add a little texture variety.Thank you for this,
Even without specifics from Nutro, I found an explanation from Bob of the Red Mill baking products company.
I do believe that the minced chicken carbs probably really were "negligible" when I called the company several years ago. The food has gotten progressively goopier over time. And I wonder if the foods are now even goopier, after the recent Nutro supply issues. Meaning I wonder if the recipe has changed. The cats still love it and I'll be sorry to see it go since it's always been a food that Ireland will eat. It'll now just be an occasional treat.
Thank you very, very much for checking into this: I vaguely knew those gums were carby but didn't realize just how carby! Just for fun (sort of), one tablespoon of sucrose/sugar has 15 grams of carbs. So the gums aren't as high but their carbs aren't insignificant by comparison, either.
Same hear! It used to be low-carb. Oh well, RIP, minced chicken food. I'll have to write to ask them about the sliced turkey, though I haven't seen that one in the store for a long time. Anyway, thank you again for looking into this and posting.
