Acana

Acana Adult Small Breed Recipe review

Name: Acana Adult Small Breed Recipe
Brand: Acana

72.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

Acana's chicken-and-legume formula scaled for dogs who fit under the coffee table, and it earns our Excellent band. The fresh and meal forms of chicken keep the finished kibble genuinely chicken-led. Fat at 17% keeps the energy dense for a small, busy dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, with kibble and feeding table scaled to match
Grain-free bowls: lentils, peas and chickpeas do the binding
Little dogs that need calories in a small stomach
Owners who read the label for its animals, chicken down to hake and herring

Worth watching

Chicken does most of the lifting, a problem for a chicken-sensitive dog
Fish as raw hake, herring meal and oil, so not fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

72.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. Most are lighter than the 15kg guide dog, so scale by the label's table and the waistline in front of you.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Acana Adult Small Breed Recipe 72.4

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats in sensible quantities, legumes for starch and a dosed panel simply keep adding up.

What's in it

Fresh chicken, chicken meal14% eachThe fresh form cooks down while the meal keeps its weight.
Whole red lentils, green peas, chickpeasAll the starch is legume.
Turkey meal6.5%
Chicken fat6%Much of the energy.
Fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart), fresh egg4% each
Raw hake, fish oil4% eachNamed fish and a second source of omega 3s.
Herring meal3%
Green lentils, yellow peas, lentil fibre, pea starch
Raw turkey liver, salt, dried kelp0.5% liver
Pumpkin to rosehips: fruit, vegetables and botanicalsTrace level; enjoy it on the bag.

Choline, zinc, copper, the B vitamins and vitamins A, D3 and E all dosed per kilo, with a live Enterococcus faecium probiotic.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (14%), chicken meal (14%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, whole chickpeas, turkey meal (6.5%), chicken fat (6%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (4%), fresh egg (4%), raw hake (4%), fish oil (4%), herring meal (3%), whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, lentil fibre, pea starch, raw turkey liver (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

One grain-free kibble for small breed adults. Fresh chicken and chicken meal share the top at 14% each, turkey meal, giblets, egg and named fish follow, and every bit of the starch comes from lentils, peas and chickpeas.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

19.3%

Fibre

5.7%

Ash

Carbs

31.8%

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

46%

Carbs

38.9%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

10%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size