Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Smoked Turkey with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Turkey, Quinoa, Pumpkin, Buckwheat, Dried Eggs. 2 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 38.3%, below the 38.51% average across the foods we hold.
Reasonable protein and a fairly typical starch load. Comfortably mid-range for a dry food.
How we got to 64
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.
This lands right about average for the foods we hold.
Everything on the label
Printed exactly as the manufacturer lists it, heaviest ingredient first. A dog food needs very little salt, so the 33 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.
Turkey, Quinoa, Pumpkin, Buckwheat, Dried Eggs, Turkey Meal, Oatmeal, Flaxseed, Chia, Sunflower Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavors, Salmon Meal, Dicalcium Phosphate, Blueberries, Cranberries, Apples, Kale, Broccoli, Spinach, Carrots, Olive Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Potassium Chloride, 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., Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Taurine, Beta-Carotene, L-Carnitine, 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.
Turkey
The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Quinoa
The seed of the quinoa plant, a gluten-free pseudocereal.
Pumpkin
The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
Buckwheat
The seed of the buckwheat plant, which despite the name is not a wheat and contains no gluten.
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 | 64 | 54 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 26.7% | 27.8% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 38.3% | 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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