Acana Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Acana Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food are Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Turkey Liver, Sweet Potatoes, and Whole Chickpeas.
Acana Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food Ingredients
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.
Turkey Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole turkeys that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Turkey meal is basically turkey with a longer storage time and no moisture. It's a protein rich food and also magnesium and zinc resource for the health of your dog’s skin and coat. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
This organ meat provides some protein and is a good source for the fat that dogs need.
Sweet Potatoes are an excellent source of fiber and complex carbohydrates. They don’t cause food sensitivities in dogs and also are an excellent source of beta-carotene, phytochemicals, and carotenoids – all which are healthy immune supporting antioxidants.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Acana Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food has 31% protein, 17% fat, 5% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 30%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Acana Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food as 30%. 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.
