Earthborn Holistic Great Plains Feast Grain-Free Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Bison Meal, Peas, Pea Protein, Tapioca, Dried Egg. 2 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 33.3%, 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 70
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 90% dry matter.
That is 5.2 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 34 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.
Bison Meal, Peas, Pea Protein, Tapioca, Dried Egg, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Beef Meal, Pacific Whiting Meal, Pea Starch, Chickpeas, Flaxseed, Alaska Pollock Meal, Natural Flavors, Pea Fiber, Blueberries, Cranberries, Apples, Carrots, Spinach, 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., Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Rosemary Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus 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.
Bison Meal
Bison that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Pea Protein
The protein fraction separated out from peas after the starch and fiber have been removed.
Tapioca
A starch extracted from the root of the cassava plant.
Dried Egg
Whole eggs with the moisture removed, leaving a concentrated dry egg ingredient.
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 Earthborn Holistic and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Earthborn Holistic Weight Control Dry… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 70 | 54 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 35.6% | 27.8% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 33.3% | 50.0% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 2 of 5 | 1 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 Earthborn Holistic. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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