Acana

Acana Sport & Agility Recipe review

Name: Acana Sport & Agility Recipe
Brand: Acana

77.7/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

The brand's working-dog fuel, and it finishes in our Excellent band. Fat is raised to 22% and estimated carbohydrate held to 20.4% of dry matter, so the energy comes from fat, the way a hard-running body prefers it. Fresh chicken at 21% and chicken meal at 20% lead the list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs, gundogs and sporting types that empty the tank most days
Agility, flyball and canicross households needing dense calories in a manageable portion
Hard keepers that struggle to hold condition through a busy season
A mixed-age active pack, puppy to senior

Worth watching

Fed to a dog whose main event is the sofa, all this energy arrives on the scales
Chicken and turkey throughout, and hake, herring meal and fish oil too
Calcium at 1.93% of dry matter is above the level usually chosen for large-breed puppies

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

How this scores

How we score

77.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size, though a giant pup fits it better once the growing is done. A dog in genuine work will need more than the chart, so feed to output and condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Acana Sport & Agility Recipe 77.7

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Earned the unglamorous way: named meats stacked high, carbohydrate unusually low for a kibble and an analysis declared in full.

What's in it

Fresh chicken21%
Chicken meal20%Concentrated, and the bigger share of the protein once the fresh meat has cooked down.
Whole red lentils, whole green peasBinding in place of grain.
Chicken fat8%With the fish oil, pushes fat to 25.0% of dry matter.
Turkey meal7%
Fresh chicken giblets, fresh eggs, raw hake4% eachLiver and heart in the giblets.
Fish oil, herring meal3.5%, 3%Herring makes a second named fish beside the hake.
Whole chickpeas, green lentils, yellow peas, pea starch
Raw turkey liver, salt, dried kelp0.5% liver
Fresh produce, berries and botanicalsTrace level; the meats and fats are the recipe.

A live probiotic strain, Enterococcus faecium, with tocopherols and rosemary extract doing the preserving.

Calcium at 1.93% of dry matter. For a large or giant breed puppy, wait until the growing is done.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (21%), chicken meal (20%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, chicken fat (8%), turkey meal (7%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (4%), fresh eggs (4%), raw hake (4%), fish oil (3.5%), herring meal (3%), whole chickpeas, whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, 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

Fresh chicken and chicken meal lead a list where every animal is named, with turkey, eggs, hake and herring behind them. Lentils, peas, chickpeas and pea starch do the binding with no grain, and chicken fat and fish oil carry the energy.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.5 kcal/100g

Protein

35%

Fat

22%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

39.8%

Fat

25%

Fibre

5.7%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

20.4%

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

59.5%

Carbs

23.9%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

11.5%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size