Evanger’s Super Premium Chicken with Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food
The first five ingredients are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Chicken Fat [Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols], Oatmeal. 3 of them are a named animal protein. We put the starch at 43.3%, 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 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.
That is 4.8 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.
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Chicken Fat [Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols], Oatmeal, Dried Egg, Carrots, Celery, Beets, Parsley, Lettuce, Watercress, Spinach, Dried Kelp, Cranberries, Blueberries, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate (Source of Vitamin B5), Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), and Folic Acid], Chelated Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, and Cobalt Carbonate], Calcium Iodate, Dried Chicory Root, Hydrolyzed Yeast (Actigen - Probiotic), Selenium Yeast (Selplex), Lecithin, L-Carnitine, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Fermentum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product (Lactosacc - Probiotics), Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Citric Acid Preservative, Rosemary Extract
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…
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
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 Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet… | Archive average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Score | 64 | 60 | -- |
| Protein, water out | 28.9% | 33.3% | -- |
| Starch, water out | 43.3% | 42.2% | 38.51% |
| Named in first five | 3 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 Evanger's. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes.
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