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Acana Puppy Large Breed Recipe review

Name: Acana Puppy Large Breed Recipe
Brand: Acana

76.1/100Excellent

DryPuppy

An Excellent growth kibble for the pups who take longest to finish growing, and it prints the number that matters: calcium at 1.59% of dry matter, inside the range a large skeleton wants. Fresh chicken and chicken meal lead the list. There is no cereal anywhere.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, with calcium declared and in range
Owners who read the meat line first: fresh chicken at 22% and chicken meal at 21% head the list
Big pups best grown unhurried, at 338 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical
Cereal-free homes, with lentils, peas and chickpeas doing the binding
A varied animal larder: giblets, eggs, hake and herring meal all named

Worth watching

Chicken, turkey, egg and fish, so no single protein or bird-free plan
Salt as its own entry, worth a glance if sodium is on your vet's list
Crude fibre at 6.0%, so watch a delicate stomach over the changeover

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

How this scores

How we score

76.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant breed puppies. The chart runs by expected adult weight, not age, so have a realistic idea of how big your pup will finish.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Acana Puppy Large Breed Recipe 76.1

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

No single strength carries it: the head of the list and a printed, in-range calcium figure earn the placing, and the rest of the label keeps pace.

What's in it

Fresh chicken22%Largely water, and shrinks a long way in the oven.
Chicken meal21%Already dried, so it carries more of the kibble than its number suggests.
Whole red lentils, whole green peasThe starch, with no grain.
Fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart)6.5%Among the most nutrient dense things a dog can eat.
Fresh eggs, raw hake, herring meal4% each
Fish oil4%Omega 3 for a growing brain and coat.
Chickpeas, pea starch, green lentils, yellow peas, lentil fibre
Turkey meal, chicken fat, raw turkey livers2%, 2%, 0.5%Turkey makes it a second bird.
Salt, dried kelpKelp brings trace minerals and iodine.
Fruit, vegetables, greens, berries and botanicalsGarnish.

Choline chloride, zinc and copper with a full B group, vitamins A, D3 and E dosed per kilo, and a live Enterococcus faecium culture for the gut.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (22%), chicken meal (21%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (6.5%), fresh eggs (4%), raw hake (4%), fish oil (4%), herring meal (4%), whole chickpeas, pea starch, turkey meal (2%), whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, chicken fat (2%), lentil fibre, raw turkey livers (0.5%), salt, dried kelp, fresh whole apples, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole pears, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole zucchini, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh turnip greens, fresh beet greens, whole blueberries, whole cranberries, whole saskatoon berries, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, milk thistle, rosehips, turmeric.

Against the range

A single grain-free growth kibble for large and giant breeds. Chicken leads twice over, a run of named animals fills in behind, and lentils and peas carry the starch. Calcium is declared and in range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337.5 kcal/100g

Protein

33%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

37.5%

Fat

17%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

Carbs

30.7%

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

60%

Carbs

29.2%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size