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Highest Protein, Grasslands

Dry food · all dogs

A raw-first dry food that's denser than 78% (you feed fewer cups). Cost-per-day isn't available yet — this SKU isn't price-matched.

THE FACTS, ONE SENTENCE — data as JSON · reference dog 40 lb · updated 2026-07-11

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40 lb
For a 40-lb adult: 2¼ cupsper day not pricedper day —bag lasts passes 1 fit checks ↓

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The evidence

The Verified Label

Every food on this site gets this exact panel — same fields, same order, sourced from the official label — so brands finally become comparable. Dots show where this food sits among all 494 dry foods we've verified.

Verified LabelThe standardized pet-food panel
VPFD № ACANA-
verified 2026-07-11

Composition — dry-matter basis

why dry matter
Moisture hides the real recipe: kibble is ~10% water, canned food ~78%. Removing water puts every food on one scale, so these are the only nutrition numbers that can be compared across foods. As-fed label values shown small.
Protein 39.8%label: 35% min higher than 95% of dry foods
Fat 19.3%label: 17% min higher than 86% of dry foods
Fiber 4.5%label: 4% max typical — the median dry food is 5.4%
Est. carbohydrates computed from disclosed ash ≈27.3%computed anchor available once more brands disclose ash
Calcium / Phosphorus extended guarantees: Ca 1.6% · P 1.1% · EPA 0.15% · DHA 0.2% · Ω-3 1% 1.45 : 1ratio, as fed within the AAFCO adult range (1:1 – 2:1)

Calories & cost — for your 40-lb adult dog

Calorie density 421 kcal/cup3510 kcal/kg denser than 78% of dry foods (median 388) — you feed fewer cups
Daily serving2¼ cups
Cost per day—
Bag lasts—

Cost per 1,000 kcal not available yet — this SKU isn't price-matched to a current retail listing. Serving math uses standard veterinary energy formulas — see the formula.

Standards & ingredients

AAFCO statement
what this means
Two kinds of AAFCO claims exist. Most foods are only "formulated to meet" nutrient profiles — a paper calculation. A smaller set carry the stronger claim: fed to real dogs in AAFCO-procedure trials ("Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate…").
 Not yet verified from label
First five ingredients (by pre-cooking weight)Raw lamb (9%) · raw duck (9%) · fresh eggs (8%) · lamb meal (7%) · herring meal (7%)
Named animal protein first; named meals onlyYes
Legumes in first 10 (FDA DCM inquiry)3 (whole red lentils, whole chickpeas, whole green peas)
BHA / BHT preservativesNone on label
Carrageenan (thickener)None
Ethoxyquin
why unknown
When a fish-meal supplier adds ethoxyquin, U.S. rules don't require it on the finished label — so no label can prove its absence for recipes containing fish meal. We report this as a gap rather than guessing.
 Can't be determined from label

Safety

FDA recalls — Acana, since 2023None on record
ManufacturerNot confirmed from label
Label transparency 14 of 15 standard fields
Green = verified favorable · amber = gap in the record · red = verified unfavorable · gray = not disclosed / neutral fact.
Source: official label source (secondary) · anchors: 494 verified dry dog foods (360 priced) · how to read this label

The fit

For your dog, specifically

Checked for a 40-lb adult with a sensitive stomach — the same published criteria our finder uses. Change your dog above and these update.

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Life-stage coverage not disclosedNo AAFCO nutrient-adequacy statement was found on the label for this SKU, so we cannot confirm adult-maintenance coverage.
✓
Passes our sensitive-stomach checksNamed animal protein first, and no unnamed by-products in the ingredient list.
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Contains chickenNot selected as a concern for your dog — shown here for reference.

The source material

The full ingredient list

Every flag on the Verified Label is computed from this list. Ingredients are ordered by pre-cooking weight — the first five carry the most information.

Raw lamb (9%), raw duck (9%), fresh eggs (8%), lamb meal (7%), herring meal (7%), turkey meal (7%), whole red lentils, whole chickpeas, whole green peas, chicken fat (4%), raw turkey (4%), raw trout (4%), raw salmon (4%), raw lamb liver (4%), whole green lentils, whole pinto beans, whole yellow peas, fish oil (2%), lentil fibre, pea starch, raw lamb kidney (0.5%), raw lamb tripe (0.5%), dried kelp, yeast (s. cerevisiae), fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, fresh whole zucchini, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh turnip greens, fresh beet greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, dried chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries

Wet ingredients like fresh raw lamb (9%) shrink once cooked — which is why named meals appearing high on the list matter: they keep meaningful animal protein after moisture is removed.

Nutritional twins

Priced close matches

This food has no verified price yet — these are the closest label matches that do.

Merrick Backcountry Raw Great Plains Red Grain Free Dog Food
39.3% protein (DM)$2.52 / 1,000 kcal
Blue Buffalo BLUE Wilderness Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken with Wholesome Grains Recipe
40.0% protein (DM)$2.34 / 1,000 kcal
Wellness Small Breed Turkey & Chicken Recipe
40.0% protein (DM)$2.39 / 1,000 kcal

Label-composition matches only: same species, form, and growth stage; same primary protein where both are known; grain-free preserved; protein within 4 points and fat within 4 points, and estimated carbs within 8 points, on a dry-matter basis. Not a medical or quality recommendation.

The maker

Who makes this — and how they back it up

The four questions the WSAVA nutrition guidelines tell you to ask a pet-food company. Every answer is sourced or marked as an undisclosed gap — never guessed. This is the "is it made competently?" axis that star-rating sites skip.

Owns its manufacturing Owns its plants

Champion crafts foods in 'our' kitchens; ACANA made in Champion's own facilities in Alberta, Canada and Kentucky, USA.

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Employs a qualified nutritionist Yes — sourced

Same Champion About page as Orijen; claims 'Ph.D.-level nutrition experts' on staff. No named individual or specific PhD field given.

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AAFCO feeding trials Undisclosed

No feeding-trial AAFCO statement found on the 4 labels we’ve verified for this brand, and no company-wide claim was found either. Most pet foods are only "formulated to meet" AAFCO profiles (a paper calculation) rather than fed to real animals in trials — this is common, not necessarily a red flag.

Peer-reviewed research None found

A reproducible PubMed search (author-affiliation field, animal/pet-domain filtered) returns zero indexed papers for this brand name. Not proof no research exists — only that none is PubMed-indexed under this exact name.

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Parent company Mars, Incorporated (Mars Petcare) ↗ Founded 1985 ↗ Headquarters / plant Alberta, Canada ↗ FDA recalls on record None on record

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