Canagan

Canagan Insect Protein Puppies/Adult review

Name: Canagan Insect Protein Puppies/Adult
Brand: Canagan

58.3/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

Canagan's answer to the dog that has worked through every conventional meat. Black soldier fly larvae make up 49.8% of the recipe, fresh, dried and as oil, on a grain-free base of sweet potato, potato and peas. It reads Good on our scale and covers puppies and adults alike.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have reacted to one meat after another. Very few dogs have ever met insect protein
Owners thinking about footprint, as insect farming takes far less land and water than livestock
A puppy and an adult in the same home, with calcium declared at 1.2% of dry matter
Stiff joints, with glucosamine and MSM dosed at 860 mg/kg each

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1.2% puts fish in every bowl, which a formal elimination trial has to weigh
Fibre at 5% runs above the kibble norm

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

How this scores

How we score

58.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and adults of every size. Fed to the label, a 15kg adult takes about 150 grams a day, so weigh it out at first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Canagan Insect Protein Puppies/Adult 58.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

As a novel-protein option it does its job; with plant protein doing some of the lifting, it does not pull clear of the field while doing it.

What's in it

Freshly prepared insects25%Black soldier fly larvae: a complete protein with very little allergy baggage.
Dried insects19.3%
Insect oil5.5%Brings the insect total to 49.8%.
Sweet potato, potato, peasThe grain-free base.
Potato proteinTops up the protein figure. Plant protein digests less completely than animal protein.
Minerals
Salmon oil1.2%For omega 3s, and the reason fish is technically in every bowl.
Alfalfa, FOS, apple, carrot, spinach, psyllium, seaweedFOS handles the gut.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate860 mg/kg each, 620 mg/kgThe joint trio, dosed.
Peppermint to fenugreekA trace-level herb tail.

Named ingredients

49.8% Insect (Freshly Prepared Insects 25%*, Dried Insects 19.3%*, Insect Oil 5.5%)*, Sweet Potato, Potato, Peas, Potato Protein, Minerals, Salmon Oil (1.2%), Alfalfa, Fructooligosaccharides, Glucosamine (860 mg/kg), MSM (860 mg/kg), Apple, Carrot, Spinach, Psyllium, Seaweed, Chondroitin Sulphate (620 mg/kg), Peppermint, Camomile, Marigold, Cranberry, Aniseed & Fenugreek. *Black Soldier Fly Larvae.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

356 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

5.4%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

36.5%

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

49.8%

Carbs

43.9%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

1.2%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size