Canagan

Canagan Small Breed: Scottish Salmon review

Name: Canagan Small Breed: Scottish Salmon
Brand: Canagan

68.1/100Good

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

68.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Salmon

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 Scottish salmon30.5%
Sweet potato
Dried herring12.2%Concentrated fish protein.
Peas, potato
Freshly prepared trout, dried salmon6.6%, 5%
Alfalfa
Dried white fish, salmon oil, salmon stock2%, 2%, 1.8%White fish is not named to species.
Sunflower oil
Apple, carrot, seaweed, fructooligosaccharides, spinach, psyllium, botanicals

No glucosamine, MSM or chondroitin on this label, unlike the other two.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Scottish Salmon (30.5%), Sweet Potato, Dried Herring (12.2%), Peas, Potato, Freshly Prepared Trout (6.6%), Dried Salmon (5%), Alfalfa, Dried White Fish (2%), Salmon Oil (2%), Salmon Stock (1.8%), Sunflower Oil, Apple, Carrot, Seaweed, Fructooligosaccharides, Spinach, Psyllium, Camomile, Cranberry, Marigold, Peppermint, Aniseed and Fenugreek.

Against the range

Animals on the label: Fish only: salmon, herring, trout, white fish; Chicken appears on both others
Protein, dry matter: 31.5%; 37% and 40.2% on the others
Ash, dry matter: 10.3%; 7.6% and 7.9% on the others
Joint trio: None; Dosed on both others

The one to choose for a small dog kept off chicken.

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

398 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

36.4%

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

58.1%

Carbs

32.9%

Veg

5.1%

Oils

3.4%

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size