Acana Freshwater Fish Blend Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Rainbow trout, catfish, catfish meal, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 34.1%, below the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
It does well on most of the five things we measure, with nothing that stands out as a concern.
How we got to 75
Five things, one hundred points, and the reason for every one. We would rather show our working than ask you to trust a number.
26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.
Estimated, 6% ash assumed.
Count of named animal proteins.
Matched against the flag list.
Manufacturer, not recipe.
The numbers, without the water
Percentages on a bag include the water in the food, so a wet food always looks lower than a dry one. Taking the water out puts any two foods on the same footing. This one is 88% dry matter.
That is 4.4 points below average, so proportionally less of the bag is starch.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 24 ingredients listed after salt are present in even smaller amounts. That is the salt divider, and it is why we only weigh the top of the list.
Rainbow trout, catfish, catfish meal, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, whole green peas, catfish oil, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, whole yellow peas, whole freshwater drum, pollock meal, mackerel meal, fish oil, lentil fiber, natural fish flavor, pea starch, salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., vitamin E supplement, dried kelp, whole pumpkin, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, mixed tocopherols (preservative), zinc proteinate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, folic acid, freeze-dried cod, copper proteinate, dried chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rose hips, juniper berries, citric acid (preservative), rosemary extract, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product
What those first ingredients actually are
The top of the list is most of the food by weight, so it is worth knowing what each one is. Green marks a named animal protein.
Rainbow Trout
A freshwater fish farmed and caught for food.
Catfish
A freshwater fish used as a protein source.
Catfish Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from catfish.
Red Lentils
Lentils of the red variety, which are hulled and split so they cook down quickly.
How much of this to feed
A starting point, worked out from the resting energy formula vets use and this food's own calorie density. Every dog is different, so watch their weight and adjust. Your vet's advice beats a calculator.
How it compares
Same figures, same method, put next to another recipe from Acana and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Acana Puppy Recipe Dry Dog… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 75 | 81 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 33.0% | 35.2% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 34.1% | 30.7% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 3 of 5 | 3 of 5 | -- |
Recall history
Recalls are matched to the manufacturer, not this exact recipe. A recall on a different product still tells you something about the plant it came from.
We have not matched any FDA recall to Acana. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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