Orijen 6 Adult Dry Dog Food, Fish

Name: Orijen 6 Adult Dry Dog Food, Fish
Brand: Orijen
Availability: InStock

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free

GoodTop 2% of dry foods

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

72% meat
Low starch, about 23% carbs
No ingredient deductions

Some meat not named by animal

First ingredients: Fresh chicken meat (20%), dried chicken meat (15%), fresh chicken liver (6%), whole fresh herring (5%)… All ingredients

Label checked

Meat: 72%
Protein, dry weight: 42%
Carbs, dry weight: ~23%
kcal/100 g: 360

Ingredients

Listed first: Fresh chicken meat. 72% of the recipe is declared meat.

Meat 72%
Other 6%
No amount given 22%

Fresh chicken meat (20%), dried chicken meat (15%), fresh chicken liver (6%), whole fresh herring (5%), fresh turkey meat (boned) (4%), dried turkey meat (4%), fresh turkey liver (3%), whole fresh eggs (3%), fresh tapped sandra (3%), fresh whole salmon (3%), hearts of fresh poultry (3%), poultry cartilage (3%), dried herring (3%), dried salmon (3%), chicory root, carrots, red Delicious apples, Bartlett pears, cranberries, seaweed, licorice root, carrots, Seetang dehydrated, angelica root, pumpkin, fennel, sweet fennel, peppermint leaves, greek hay, rosemary, chamomile, dandelion, red lentils, green lentils, green peas, poultry liver oil (2%), alfalfa sun-ripened, yam root, chick peas, pumpkin, spinach leaves

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Meat named animal protein

Additives

vitamin A (15,000 IU/kg), vitamin D3 (2,000 IU/kg), iron (40g/kg), iodine (3mg/kg), copper (13mg/kg), manganese (14mg/kg), zinc (150mg/kg), selenium (0.3mg/kg), chondroitin (1000.0 mg/kg), glucosamine (1250 mg/kg)

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Fresh chicken meat”. 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
Fresh chicken meat (20%)	Named meat	20%
dried chicken meat (15%)	Named meat	15%
fresh chicken liver (6%)	Named meat	6%
whole fresh herring (5%)	Named meat	5%
fresh turkey meat (boned) (4%)	Named meat	4%
dried turkey meat (4%)	Named meat	4%
fresh turkey liver (3%)	Named meat	3%
whole fresh eggs (3%)	Other	3%
fresh tapped sandra (3%)	Other	3%
fresh whole salmon (3%)	Named meat	3%
hearts of fresh poultry (3%)	Meat, animal not named	3%
poultry cartilage (3%)	Meat, animal not named	3%
dried herring (3%)	Named meat	3%
dried salmon (3%)	Named meat	3%
chicory root	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
carrots	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
red Delicious apples	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Bartlett pears	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
cranberries	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
seaweed	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given

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Nutrition

Protein 42% and carbs about 23%, with the water taken out.

Make-upwater is 10% (assumed), left out

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
Nutrient	As sold	Dry weight
Protein	38%	42%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat	18%	20%
Carbohydrate	~21%	~23%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre	5%	5.6%
Ash	8%	8.9%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed	10%	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.

Energy360 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 60

The kind of meat scored best (13.3 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).

How much meat?
28.9 / 45 points
- Meat on the label25.2 / 35 points
  72% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3.7 / 10 points
  Protein is 42.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
12.2 / 20 points
Estimated carbohydrate: About 23.3% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 points
How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
13.3 / 15 points
- How the meat is listed10.3 / 12 points
  The label lists the meat as fresh, dried and unnamed fresh, which earns 85% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
  Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 2% of dry foods. 4 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.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 23% to 15% by dry weight, and protein is about 49%.

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

2 noted, none cost points: chamomile and mint. 31 flagged nothing.

2 noted
31 nothing flagged
9 not in our ingredient database yet

ChamomileNoted, no points taken
Botanical / flavouring
Plant extras like this are usually added in tiny amounts, so points are taken only when the label declares 1% or more.
Why it’s noted and sources
The ASPCA lists chamomile as toxic to dogs, with stomach upset and allergic reactions, and warns that long-term use can cause bleeding problems. The amounts in dog food are small; we flag it as a caution.
Sources
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)
MintNoted, no points taken
Feed material (herb)
Why it’s noted and sources
Mint can upset a dog's stomach if eaten in large amounts; at the small amounts used in food, EU assessors found it safe.
Sources

31 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, apples, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, dandelion root, egg, fennel, fish, glucosamine, legumes, lentils, liver (animal organ), peas, poultry, pumpkin, rosemary, salmon, seaweed, spinach, turkey

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: iron

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

Sources for these ingredients