Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato Recipe with Salmon Meal Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Whitefish Meal, Sweet Potato, Lentils, Peas, Buffalo Meal. One of them is a named animal protein. We put the starch at 42.2%, above 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 60
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 3.7 points above average, so proportionally more 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 9 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.
Whitefish Meal, Sweet Potato, Lentils, Peas, Buffalo Meal, Sunflower Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tapioca Starch, Salmon Meal, Pea Protein, Flaxseed, Natural Flavors, Menhaden Fish Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Coconut Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Meal, Dried Kelp, Monosodium Phosphate, dl-Methionine, 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., Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Fructooligosaccharide (prebiotic), Dried Cranberries, Dried Blueberries, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Organic Dried Kelp, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Acetate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Citric Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate)
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.
Whitefish Meal
Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Lentils
The dried edible seed of the lentil plant, used in grain-free recipes as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Peas
The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Buffalo Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from bison.
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 Evanger's and the archive average.
| Metric | This recipe | Evanger’s Super Premium Chicken with… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 60 | 64 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 33.3% | 28.9% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 42.2% | 43.3% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 1 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 Evanger's. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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