Acana Free-Run Poultry Formula Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Acana Free-Run Poultry Formula Dry Dog Food are Deboned Chicken, Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Whole Green Peas, and Whole Red Lentils.
Acana Free-Run Poultry Formula Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Deboned Chicken is the skin and flesh of the chicken without the bone. It's just that and therefore it is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs.
In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega-6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.
Deboned Turkey is the skin and flesh of the turkey without the bone. It's an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs.
In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, turkey is also rich in Vitamin B6, Cobalamin, Magnesium, Sodium, and Potassium.
Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Acana Free-Run Poultry Formula Dry Dog Food has 29% protein, 17% fat, 6% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 31%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Acana Free-Run Poultry Formula Dry Dog Food as 31%. Basically, around one third of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Acana kibble has less starch ratio than the average.
