ACANA Cold Water Fish

Name: ACANA Cold Water Fish
Brand: ACANA

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil

WeakTop 14% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

52% meat
One animal protein: fish
No ingredient deductions

Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Raw trout (19%), raw salmon (12%), salmon meal (9%), whole red lentils, whole pinto beans… All ingredients

Label checked

Meat: 52%
Protein, dry weight: 33%
Carbs, dry weight: ~35%
kcal/100 g: 355

Ingredients

Listed first: Raw trout. 52% of the recipe is declared meat.

Meat 52%
Other 8%
No amount given 40%

Raw trout (19%), raw salmon (12%), salmon meal (9%), whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, whole green peas, fish oil (8%), whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, whole yellow peas, raw whole hake (4%), pollock meal (4%), mackerel meal (4%), sunflower oil, lentil fibre, pea starch, calcium carbonate, salt, dried kelp, yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole courgette, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh beet greens, fresh turnip greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, dried chicory root, turmeric, althea root, rosehips and juniper berries

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Meat named animal protein

Additives

per kg: Zinc proteinate 105mg Copper proteinate 11mg Vitamin B1 50mg Vitamin B2 10mg Vitamin B3 100mg Vitamin B5 30mg Vitamin B6 17.5mg Vitamin B9 3.5mg Vitamin B12 0.1mg Vitamin E 500 IU. Technological additives per kg: Tocopherol extract from vegetable oils 154mg Citric acid 40mg. Sensory additives per kg: Rosemary extract 105mg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Raw trout”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the label	We read it as	Share on the label
Raw trout (19%)	Named meat	19%
raw salmon (12%)	Named meat	12%
salmon meal (9%)	Named meat	9%
whole red lentils	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
whole pinto beans	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
whole green peas	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
fish oil (8%)	Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient	8%
whole green lentils	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
whole chickpeas	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
whole yellow peas	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
raw whole hake (4%)	Named meat	4%
pollock meal (4%)	Named meat	4%
mackerel meal (4%)	Named meat	4%
sunflower oil	Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient	Part of the item above
lentil fibre	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
pea starch	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
calcium carbonate	Other	Not given
salt	Other	Not given
dried kelp	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)	Other	Not given

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Nutrition

Protein 33% and carbs about 35%, with the water taken out.

Make-upwater is 12%, left out

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
Nutrient	As sold	Dry weight
Protein	29%	33%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat	17%	19%
Carbohydrate	~31%	~35%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre	4%	4.5%
Ash	7%	8%
Moisture	12%	taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy355 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 43

The kind of meat scored best (10 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

How much meat?
20.4 / 45 points
- Meat on the label18.2 / 35 points
  52% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.2 / 10 points
  Protein is 33% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.3 / 20 points
Estimated carbohydrate: About 35.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 points
How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
10 / 15 points
- How the meat is listed10 / 12 points
  The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 84% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
  No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

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Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 14% of dry foods. 9 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

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Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 35% to 22% by dry weight, and protein is about 44%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 31 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.

31 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beetroot, blueberries, calcium carbonate, carrot, chickpeas, chicory root extract, courgette, cranberries, fish, fish oil, kale, lentil fibre, lentils, marshmallow root, pear, peas, pinto beans, pumpkin, rosehips, rosemary, salmon, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, spinach, starch, sunflower oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), turmeric, yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients