Acana

Acana Adult Large Breed Recipe review

Name: Acana Adult Large Breed Recipe
Brand: Acana

73.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

A grain-free chicken kibble for the biggest dogs in the room, in our Excellent band. Fresh chicken and chicken meal sit together at the top of the list, so the meat holds up after cooking. Every animal on the label is named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed adults, the dogs the kibble and feeding table are designed around
Grain free bowls: lentils, peas and chickpeas carry the starch
Dogs that thrive on poultry
Coats that benefit from marine omega 3s, with hake, herring meal and fish oil all on the label

Worth watching

Chicken and turkey both in, so little use for an elimination diet
Fish three times over, for a dog kept off it
No calcium figure on the label

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

73.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant breed adults. Feed from the label's own table, which asks 270 to 330 grams a day for a 30 to 40kg dog getting an hour or less of exercise.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Acana Adult Large Breed Recipe 73.4

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A named-animal list and a meat-led build earn a genuine step up on the typical dry food, helped by a modest carbohydrate load.

What's in it

Fresh chicken16%Palatability. Much of its weight leaves as water in the oven.
Chicken meal15%Already dried, so it keeps its weight in the kibble.
Whole red lentils, whole green peas, whole chickpeasThe starch, with no cereal.
Turkey meal7%
Fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart), chicken fat4% each
Fresh eggs4%A quality protein topper.
Raw hake, fish oil, herring meal4%, 3%, 2.5%Protein variety, and the omega 3s for joints and coat.
Green lentils, yellow peas, lentil fibre, pea starchBinders.
Raw turkey livers, salt, dried kelp0.5% on the livers
Pumpkin, squash, carrots, apples, pears, courgette, greens, berries, botanicalsTrace level. They read well and do little of the work.

Dosed in print, zinc and copper among a full vitamin set, plus a live probiotic strain at a declared count.

No calcium figure, on a food aimed at large and giant breeds.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (16%), chicken meal (15%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, turkey meal (7%), whole chickpeas, fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (4%), chicken fat (4%), fresh eggs (4%), raw hake (4%), fish oil (3%), herring meal (2.5%), whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, lentil fibre, pea starch, raw turkey livers (0.5%), salt, dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, fresh whole zucchini, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh turnip greens, fresh beet greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips.

Against the range

Fresh chicken and chicken meal lead, with turkey, eggs and three kinds of fish behind them, and every animal is named. Legumes carry the starch with no grain of any kind, and a long tail of fresh produce and botanicals sits at trace level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337.5 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

17%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

Carbs

33%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

49%

Carbs

38.9%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size