Acana

Acana Light & Fit Recipe review

Name: Acana Light & Fit Recipe
Brand: Acana

76/100Excellent

DryAdult

Acana's weight-management kibble cuts fat to 11% and raises fibre to 8%, yet keeps declared protein at 35%. That is the hard part of a diet food, and this one manages it with fresh chicken and chicken meal at the top. It sits in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs carrying more weight than their vet would like, losing calories from fat while the meat stays
Neutered dogs whose appetite outlasted their metabolism
Hungry dieters. The raised fibre makes a smaller allowance feel like a proper meal
Owners who want a light food that still reads meat first

Worth watching

Chicken and turkey throughout, so no use for a poultry elimination plan
Hake, herring meal and fish oil: not fish free
Calories only drop if portions and treats drop too, so weigh the daily amount

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

How this scores

How we score

76/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. For a dog actively slimming, follow the label's weight-maintenance table and your vet's advice.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Acana Light & Fit Recipe 76.0

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A light food that keeps its meat and declares it fully, which is why it clears the usual weight-control score.

What's in it

Fresh chicken, chicken meal21%, 20%The meat that keeps protein up while fat comes down.
Whole red lentils, whole green peasLegume starch; there is no grain.
Lentil fibrePlaced high on purpose. This is where the 8% fibre comes from.
Chicken giblets (liver, heart), turkey meal5% eachTurkey is a second poultry.
Fresh eggs, raw hake4% each
Chickpeas, green lentils, yellow peas, pea starch
Herring meal3%
Chicken fat, fish oil1.5%, 1%Fat pushed right down the list, and much of the calorie saving.
Turkey livers, salt, dried kelp
Pumpkin, squash, fruit, greens, berries, herbs

A dosed panel of B vitamins, choline, zinc and copper, vitamins A, D3 and E, and a live probiotic.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (21%), chicken meal (20%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, lentil fibre, fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (5%), turkey meal (5%), fresh eggs (4%), raw hake (4%), whole chickpeas, whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, pea starch, herring meal (3%), chicken fat (1.5%), fish oil (1%), 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

307 kcal/100g

Protein

35%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

39.8%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

9.1%

Ash

Carbs

30.6%

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

58.5%

Carbs

34%

Veg

0.7%

Oils

2.5%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size