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Acana Red Meat Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 4 ingredients of Acana Red Meat Formula Dry Dog Food are Deboned Beef, Deboned Pork, Beef Meal, and Whole Red Lentils. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 30.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 29.0%, fat 17.0%, fibre 6.0%, moisture 12.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 30.0%
29%
17%
12%
30%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 30.0% of this cup, below the site average. Protein comes in at 29.0%. One cup carries 388 kcal.
PROTEIN
29.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
30.0%
KCAL / CUP
388
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FIRST 4 OF 50 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,405 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
29.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
17.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
6.0%
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
30.0%

388 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

Beef, pork, beef meal, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, whole green peas, pork meal, beef fat, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, whole yellow peas, lamb, fish oil, lentil fiber, natural pork flavor, pea starch, beef tripe, beef liver, beef kidney, pork liver, pork kidney, 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, whole pumpkin, zinc proteinate, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, mixed tocopherols (preservative), taurine, calcium pantothenate, freeze-dried beef, freeze-dried pork, freeze-dried lamb, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, 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 29.0% 33.0% HIGH
FAT 17.0% 19.3% n/a
FIBRE 6.0% 6.8% n/a
CARB (EST.) 30.0% 34.1% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 30.0% 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 PUPPY ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 33.0% 35.2% 29.3%
CARB, DM 34% 31% 43%
STARCH RATIO 30.0% 27.0% 38.51%
KCAL / CUP 388 408 398
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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