Acana Highest Protein Grasslands Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Lamb, duck, eggs, lamb meal, goat meal. 5 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 29.5%, below the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
High protein once the water is taken out, and a low share of the bag left over as starch.
How we got to 91
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 9.0 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 22 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.
Lamb, duck, eggs, lamb meal, goat meal, catfish meal, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, whole green peas, duck fat, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, lentil fiber, quail, rainbow trout, duck meal, pollock oil, natural lamb flavor, whole yellow peas, lamb tripe, lamb liver, duck liver, mutton cartilage, mixed tocopherols (preservative), 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., whole pumpkin, collard greens, carrots, apples, dried kelp, zinc proteinate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, freeze-dried lamb liver, freeze-dried duck liver, copper proteinate, chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, 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.
Lamb
The clean flesh of sheep, used fresh.
Duck
The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Eggs
Whole hen eggs, used fresh or as a processed egg ingredient.
Lamb Meal
Lamb that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water removed.
Goat Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from goat.
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 | 91 | 81 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 37.5% | 35.2% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 29.5% | 30.7% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 5 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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