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Acana Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Acana Puppy & Junior Formula Dry Dog Food are Deboned Chicken, Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, and Whole Green Peas. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 27.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 31.0%, fat 19.0%, fibre 5.0%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 27.0%
31%
19%
12%
27%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 27.0% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 31.0%. One cup carries 408 kcal.
PROTEIN
31.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
27.0%
KCAL / CUP
408
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FIRST 5 OF 47 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,575 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
31.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
19.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
5.0%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
27.0%

408 kcal per cup. This food is 88% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole green peas, whole red lentils, chicken fat, turkey meal, flounder, eggs, fish oil, whole yellow peas, lentil fiber, chicken broth, whole chickpeas, whole green lentils, whole pinto beans, pea starch, natural chicken flavor, chicken liver, chicken heart, 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., vitamin E supplement, dried kelp, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), whole pumpkin, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, freeze-dried chicken, freeze-dried turkey, riboflavin, folic acid, copper proteinate, dried chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rose hips, juniper berries, citric acid (preservative), rosemary extract, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 31.0% 35.2% HIGH
FAT 19.0% 21.6% n/a
FIBRE 5.0% 5.7% n/a
CARB (EST.) 27.0% 30.7% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 27.0% ARCHIVE AVG 38.51%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Acana range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE FREE-RUN POULTRY ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 35.2% 33.0% 29.3%
CARB, DM 31% 34% 43%
STARCH RATIO 27.0% 30.0% 38.51%
KCAL / CUP 408 396 398
RECALL HISTORY // ACANA

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Acana. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

SAME LINE

Other Flavours

Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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