Canagan

Canagan Dry All Breeds: Grass Fed Lamb review

Name: Canagan Dry All Breeds: Grass Fed Lamb
Brand: Canagan

67.9/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

Canagan puts a lot of named meat at the top of every list and changes only the animal underneath. Four of the five labels print a dosed joint trio, and every recipe is written for puppies as well as adults. Three read Excellent and two Good, with little between them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pick whichever animal agrees with your dog; the food underneath stays the same
Grain-avoiding dogs
Rotating proteins across one construction
A puppy and an adult fed from the same shelf
Stiffening dogs, with glucosamine and MSM from 570 to 830 mg/kg on four labels
A meat-forward bowl, at up to 40.2% protein in dry matter

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every bag
Chicken in the gravy of Country Game and the dried chicken of Highland Feast; a chicken-avoiding dog is best on the Lamb or the Salmon
Calcium varies, and a large-breed puppy is better matched to the lower end
No joint trio on Scottish Salmon

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

How this scores

How we score

67.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Every recipe is listed for puppies and adults of all sizes. For a large-breed puppy, read the calcium: Free Range Chicken at 1.52% of dry matter is the gentlest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Highland Feast 76.2
Country Game 75.8
Free Range Chicken 74.5
Scottish Salmon 68.3
Grass Fed Lamb 67.9

Five recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The five finish close enough together that the animal matters more than the placing.

What's in it

Freshly prepared lamb47.8%
Sweet potato, peas, potatoThe starch, with no cereal.
Dried lamb8%
Potato proteinA plant concentrate.
Salmon oil2.7%The most in the range.
Lamb gravy, dried egg1%, 0.5%No bird meat anywhere; egg is the one non-lamb protein besides the fish oil.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate570 mg/kg, 570 mg/kg, 410 mg/kgA joint trio with real doses on the label.
Alfalfa, apple, carrot, spinach, psyllium, seaweed, FOSPsyllium and FOS are the working entries; seaweed brings iodine.
Peppermint, camomile, marigold, cranberry, aniseed, fenugreek

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Lamb (47.8%), Sweet Potato, Peas, Dried Lamb (8%), Potato Protein, Potato, Salmon Oil (2.7%), Lamb Gravy (1%), Alfalfa, Dried Egg (0.5%), Minerals, Apple, Carrot, Glucosamine (570 mg/kg), MSM (570 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides, Spinach, Psyllium, Seaweed, Chondroitin Sulphate (410 mg/kg), Peppermint, Camomile, Marigold, Cranberry, Aniseed & Fenugreek.

Against the range

Meat: Lamb only, 47.8% fresh and 8% dried; Poultry or fish on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.9%; Highest; 29.3% on Highland Feast.
Joint doses: 570 mg/kg glucosamine and MSM; The lowest of the four that carry them.

If poultry has stopped working for your dog, this is the obvious place to land.

Every recipe opens with freshly prepared meat and prints the dried meat share behind it, so you can judge both. Sweet potato heads the plant side, with peas and potato behind and no cereal anywhere. Salmon oil is in all five bags, so none is fish free.

Four labels dose glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin; Scottish Salmon carries none. The tail of alfalfa, psyllium, seaweed and botanicals barely changes. Protein runs from 31.5% to 40.2% of dry matter, and calcium from 1.52% to 1.85%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

36.9%

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

57.3%

Carbs

35.7%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

2.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size