Acana Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole green peas, whole red lentils. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 30.7%, 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 81
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 7.8 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 26 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.
Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole green peas, whole red lentils, chicken fat, turkey meal, flounder, eggs, fish oil, whole yellow peas, lentil fiber, chicken broth, whole chickpeas, whole green lentils, whole pinto beans, pea starch, natural chicken flavor, chicken liver, chicken heart, 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, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), whole pumpkin, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, freeze-dried chicken, freeze-dried turkey, riboflavin, folic acid, 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.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most of which is driven off during…
Turkey
The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Green Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
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 Free-Run Poultry Recipe Dry… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 81 | 75 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 35.2% | 33.0% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 30.7% | 34.1% | 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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