ACANA
Puppy Recipe
Overall score78/100· Good
Summary
Our reading gives ACANA Puppy Recipe 78/100 (B). Published constituents show 33 % crude protein and not disclosed crude fat. The mapping highlights Fresh chicken, Dehydrated chicken and Lentils. Protein quality reaches A, but nutritional balance drops to C, the formula's deciding trade-off.
This recipe's evidence fingerprint is protein A, nutrition C, undesirables A, transparency C, suitability B. Its reviewed label reports protein 33 %, fibre 5 %, ash 7 %, moisture 12 %. The linked ingredients are Fresh chicken, Dehydrated chicken, Lentils, Peas, Alfalfa; 1 of these 5 ingredients carries an explicit percentage.
Sub-scores
Composition analysed
Fresh boneless chicken (16%), dried chicken (13%), dried turkey (13%), red lentils, whole, green peas, fresh chicken innards (liver, heart, kidneys) (6%), chicken fat (6%), fresh, whole eggs (4%), fresh, whole flounder (4%), dried Atlantic herring (3%), herring oil (3%), sun-ripened alfalfa (2%), green lentils, field beans (2%), whole, yellow peas, Pea Fiber, Fresh Chicken Cartilage (2%), Brown Seaweed, Fresh Pumpkin, Fresh Garden Pumpkin, Fresh Parsnips, Fresh Vegetable Cabbage, Fresh Spinach, Fresh Brown Mustard, Fresh Turnip Leaves, Fresh Carrots, Fresh "Red Delicious" Apples, Fresh "Bartlett" Pears, Freeze Dried Chicken Liver, Freeze Dried Turkey Liver, Fresh Whole Cranberries, Fresh Whole Blueberries, Chicory Roots, Turmeric, milk thistle, large burdock roots, lavender flowers, real marshmallow roots, rose hips.
Original source composition (German)
Frisches Hühnerfleisch ohne Knochen (16 %), getrocknetes Hühnerfleisch (13 %), getrocknetes Truthahnfleisch (13 %), rote Linsen, ganze, grüne Erbsen, frische Hühner-Innereien (Leber, Herz, Nieren) (6 %), Hühnerfett (6 %), frische, ganze Eier (4 %), frische, ganze Flunder (4 %), getrockneter Atlantikhering (3 %), Heringsöl (3 %), sonnengereiftes Alfalfa (2 %), grüne Linsen, Feldbohnen (2 %), ganze, gelbe Erbsen, Erbsenfasern, frische Hühnerknorpel (2 %), brauner Seetang, frischer Kürbis, frischer Gartenkürbis, frische Pastinaken, frischer Gemüsekohl, frischer Spinat, frischer, brauner Senf, frische Rübsamenblätter, frische Möhren, frische „Red Delicious“ Äpfel, frische „Bartlett“ Birnen, gefriergetrocknete Hühnerleber, gefriergetrocknete Truthahnleber, frische, ganze Cranberries, frische, ganze Heidelbeeren, Chicoréewurzeln, Kurkuma, Mariendistel, große Klettenwurzeln, Lavendelblüten, echte Eibischwurzeln, Hagebutten.
- AFresh chickenprotein
- ADehydrated chickenprotein
- BLentilscereal
- BPeascereal
- BAlfalfa2%fiber
Nutritional analysis
- Crude protein
- 33%
- Crude fat
- 0%
- Ash
- 7%
- Fibre
- 5%
- Moisture
- 12%
Strengths
- The highest component is protein quality (A)
- Two published markers: 33 % crude protein, not disclosed crude fat
- Mapped ingredient marker: Fresh chicken, among 5 linked items
Weaknesses
- Nutritional balance is limited to grade C
- The 12% moisture figure cannot judge the formula on its own
- Mapped ingredients with an explicit percentage: 1
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