Acana?

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I got a bag of this food to replace the recalled TOTW.  I know it's made by the same company that makes Orijen.  Does anyone know the differences between Acana and Orijen?  Does it sound like a good option? 

Chicken meal, russet potato, fresh free-run chicken, peas, fresh deboned Lake Whitefish, chicken fat (naturally preserved with Vitamin E), fresh whole eggs, sun-cured alfalfa, fresh deboned walleye, salmon oil, pumpkin, apples, carrots, turnip greens, organic sea vegetables (kelp, bladderwrack, dulse), juniper berries, cranberries, Saskatoon berries, black currants, angelica root, chicory root, red clover, red raspberry leaf, dandelion root, peppermint leaf, marigold flowers, chamomile flowers, rosemary, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus. Vitamins (vit. A, vit. D3, vit. E, niacin, riboflavin, lysine, thiamine mononitrate, vit. B12, pyridoxine, folic acid, biotin). Minerals (iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, cobalt proteinate, copper proteinate).

Analysis:

Protein35.00%
Fat19.00%
Fiber3.00%
Calcium1.30%
Phosphorous1.10%
 

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Acana is good food when kibble is concerned.... The difference with Orijen is, if you want to put it simply, Orijen has more meat, less filles/carbs, thus being more expensive.

Look at Orijen's ingrediets - the first 6, the most important, are all meat:

Fresh boneless chicken*, chicken meal, fresh boneless salmon*, turkey meal, fresh chicken liver*, herring meal, russet potato, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), sweet potato, peas, fresh boneless walleye*, fresh whole eggs*, fresh boneless turkey*, fresh boneless lake whitefish*, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fiber, fresh boneless herring*, organic kelp, pumpkin, chicory root, carrots, spinach, turnip greens, apples, cranberries, blueberries, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile, dandelion, summer savory, rosemary, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium.

Orijen, in fact is made with 80% meat.

Here are Acana's first 6 ingredients - there is 3meats in there, in comparison.
Chicken meal, russet potato, fresh free-run chicken, peas, fresh deboned Lake Whitefish, chicken fat (naturally preserved with Vitamin E)

Orijen's Analisys:
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude protein (min.) 42 %
Crude fat (min.) 20 %
Crude fiber (max.) 2.5 %
Moisture (max.) 10 %
Calcium (min./max.) 1.5 % / 1.7 %
Phosphorus (min./max.) 1.2 % / 1.4 %
Ash (max.) 7%
Omega-6 (min.) 3.5 %
Omega-3 (min.) 1.2 %
DHA (min.) 0.7 %
EPA (min.) 0.4 %
AA (min.) 0.16 %
Taurine (min.) 0.5 %
Magnesium (max.) 0.09 %
pH 5

With all that said..... If you are talking Kibbles..... Yes, Acana is good. Better IMHO would be canned or raw.
 
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Thanks.  They get canned, but I also put a little kibble down at night for them to graze on.  I would like to transition them to all wet, but I can't get Cindy to eat the better quality wet, so I try to make sure she has good quality kibble to munch on.  Might just stick with Orijen.
 
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Yeah, I think I'll just go with the orijen.  Was nice of him to give me the Acana to try, though
 
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