ACANA · WHOLESOME GRAINS
Acana Wholesome Grains Red Meat & Grains Recipe Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Acana Wholesome Grains Red Meat & Grains Recipe are Deboned Beef, Deboned Pork, Beef Meal, Oatmeal, and Whole Sorghum. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 32.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Pork
The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Beef Meal
Beef that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Oat Groats
The whole oat kernel with only the inedible outer hull removed, leaving the bran and germ intact.
Whole Sorghum
Sorghum grain kept whole, with the bran and germ intact rather than milled away.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 3,370 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 27.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 17.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 6.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 12.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 32.0%
371 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
Beef, pork, beef meal, oat groats, whole sorghum, whole millet, pork meal, whole oats, beef fat, lamb, fish oil, ground miscanthus grass, natural pork flavor, beef liver, pork liver, pork kidney, beef tripe, beef kidney, potassium chloride, whole butternut squash, whole pumpkin, 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., taurine, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, dried kelp, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin A acetate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, vitamin B12 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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 27.0% | 30.7% | HIGH |
| FAT | 17.0% | 19.3% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 6.0% | 6.8% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 32.0% | 36.4% | TYPICAL |
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
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 | 30.7% | 35.2% | 29.3% |
| CARB, DM | 36% | 31% | 43% |
| STARCH RATIO | 32.0% | 27.0% | 38.51% |
| KCAL / CUP | 371 | 408 | 398 |
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
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.