Canagan

Canagan Small Breed: Country Game review

Name: Canagan Small Breed: Country Game
Brand: Canagan

75.6/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

Canagan's grain-free formula taken down a size for little jaws, with chicken and game in our Excellent band and the salmon in Good. High declared meat and restrained carbohydrate do most of the lifting. Each variety swaps the lead animal and keeps everything else the same.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breeds, from the recipe to the feeding guide
A small-breed puppy, as every variety covers puppy and adult on one label
Rotation feeding between three recipes built the same way
Stiff or ageing small dogs on the chicken or game, where the joint trio is dosed in print

Worth watching

Fish on every label, headlining or further down
Chicken gravy in the Country Game, so that one is no chicken-free option
Rich, energy-dense kibble. A small dog reaches its limit quickly, so weigh the portions

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

How this scores

How we score

75.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed puppies and adults. The label runs from 50 grams a day at 3kg to 120 grams at 10kg, so weigh each meal.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Country Game 75.6
Free Range Chicken 74.2
Scottish Salmon 68.1

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

The gap between the three is modest, so choose on protein and not on placement.

What's in it

Freshly prepared duck25.3%Fresh meat loses most of its weight in the oven.
Dried turkey16.5%Concentrated, so it carries more protein than its place suggests.
Sweet potato, peasThe binding, with no grain.
Dried duck, dried egg6%, 4.2%
Freshly prepared venison4%
Alfalfa
Dried herring, turkey fat, salmon oil3%, 3%, 1.7%Fish on the label.
Chicken gravy, potato1.7%The gravy puts chicken in a game recipe.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate780, 780, 570 mg/kgThe joint trio, dosed in print.
Apple, carrot, fructooligosaccharides, spinach, psyllium, seaweed, botanicalsFOS and psyllium for digestion; the rest is seasoning.

Chicken gravy at 1.7% keeps this off a chicken-avoider's shortlist.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Duck (25.3%), Dried Turkey (16.5%), Sweet Potato, Peas, Dried Duck (6%), Dried Egg (4.2%), Freshly Prepared Venison (4%), Alfalfa, Dried Herring (3%), Turkey Fat (3%), Salmon Oil (1.7%), Chicken Gravy (1.7%), Potato, Glucosamine (780 mg/kg), Apple, MSM (780 mg/kg), Carrot, Fructooligosaccharides, Spinach, Psyllium, Seaweed, Chondroitin Sulphate (570 mg/kg), Peppermint, Camomile, Marigold, Cranberry, Aniseed & Fenugreek.

Against the range

Animals on the label: Duck, turkey, venison, herring, egg, chicken gravy; Chicken alone on the chicken; five fish on the salmon
Protein, dry matter: 40.2%; 37% chicken, 31.5% salmon
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 30.1%; Lowest in the range; up to 36.4% on the salmon
Joint trio: 780, 780 and 570 mg/kg; Higher on the chicken, absent on the salmon

The pick for a dog that likes variety, and the wrong one for a dog that needs a short label.

Three grain-free recipes on one construction: freshly prepared meat or fish at the top, dried shares behind it, and sweet potato, peas and potato doing the binding. Estimated carbohydrate runs from 30.1% to 36.4% of dry matter, against 46.2% for typical adult dry food.

What changes is the lead animal and the joint trio. Chicken and game print glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin with doses; the salmon leaves them out. Fish appears on all three labels, and the same closing run of fruits and botanicals finishes each.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391 kcal/100g

Protein

37%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

7.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

40.2%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

30.1%

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

60.7%

Carbs

27.2%

Veg

5.2%

Oils

4.7%

Other

2.2%

Pricing & size