Duck & Pear
LIMITED INGREDIENT | BIOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE™
Loaded with 50% Muscovy duck to nourish your dog according to his evolutionary needs, ACANA Duck & Pear contains one single, easily digestible animal protein.
Raised free-run on local farms, our Muscovy duck arrives fresh, in WholePrey™ form — a richly nourishing ratio of meat, organs and cartilage that nourish your dog naturally. Generous infusions of freeze-dried duck liver make ACANA a perfect choice for fussy dogs.
Prepared in our Kentucky DogStar® kitchens from America’s best and freshest ingredients, ACANA Duck & Pear is guaranteed to keep your dog healthy, happy and strong.
Read our ingredients and you’ll be happy too!
AMERICA’S BEST AND FRESHEST INGREDIENTS
ACANA Duck & Pear features local ingredients that are raised by people we know and trust, deemed “fit for human consumption”, and then delivered to our Kentucky DogStar® kitchens fresh each day!
Deboned duck*, duck meal, whole green peas, red lentils, duck liver*, duck fat, pinto beans, chickpeas, herring oil, green lentils, whole yellow peas, duck giblets*, pears*, lentil fiber, natural duck flavor, duck cartilage*, dried kelp, freeze-dried duck liver, whole pumpkin*, whole butternut squash*, kale*, spinach*, mustard greens*, collard greens*, turnip greens*, carrots*, apples*, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product.
* delivered fresh or raw
OUR ONLY SUPPLEMENT: ZINC.
OUR ONLY PRESERVATIVE: VITAMIN E (MIXED TOCOPHEROLS).
DESIGNED FOR CARNIVORES
Your dog is a carnivore and shares his anatomy with the gray wolf – which means his body, teeth and jaws, and short digestive tract is adapted for a diet rich in meat, protein, and fat.
Based on this biological fact, and to produce a nutritional analysis that mirrors the diet Mother Nature would provide for your dog, ACANA Duck & Pear rich in nourishing proteins and oils, all the while limiting unwanted carbohydrates and synthetic additives.
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Crude protein (min.) |
27 % |
Fat content (min.) |
17 % |
Crude ash (max.) |
8 % |
Crude fibres (max.) |
6 % |
Moisture (max.) |
12 % |
Calcium (min.) |
1.1 % |
Phosphorus (min.) |
0.8 % |
Omega-6 fatty acids* (min.) |
2.2 % |
Omega-3 fatty acids* (min.) |
0.8 % |
DHA* (min.) |
0.15 % |
EPA* (min.) |
0.1 % |
Glucosamine* (min.) |
1200 mg/kg |
Chondroitin sulfate* (min.) |
1000 mg/kg |
Linoleic acid* (min.) |
2.0 % |
Carbohydrate ( NFE) |
30 % |
*not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
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Vitamins
Vitamin A |
7.875 KIU/kg |
Vitamin D3 |
2.05 KIU/kg |
Vitamin E |
160 IU/kg |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) |
8.1 mg/kg |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) |
9.1 mg/kg |
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) |
68 mg/kg |
Vitamin B5 (Pan. Acid) |
25 mg/kg |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
8.3 mg/kg |
Vitamin B12 |
0.12 mg/kg |
Folic Acid |
1.3 mg/kg |
Choline |
1,400 mg/kg |
Minerals
Sodium |
0.3 % |
Chloride |
0.5 % |
Potassium |
0.85 % |
Magnesium |
0.1 % |
Iron |
130 mg/kg |
Zinc |
245 mg/kg |
Copper |
15 mg/kg |
Manganese |
14 mg/kg |
Iodine |
3 mg/kg |
Selenium |
0.55 mg/kg |
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Lysine |
1.9 % |
Threonine |
1.07 % |
Methionine |
0.45 % |
Isoleucine |
1.12 % |
Leucine |
1.98 % |
Valine |
1.3 % |
Arginine |
1.93 % |
Phenylalanine |
1.46 % |
Histidine |
0.64 % |
Tryptophan |
0.29 % |
Cystine |
0.27 % |
Tyrosine |
0.78 % |
Methionine-Cystiene |
0.72 % |
Phenylalanine-Tyrosine |
2.02 % |
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Chicory root |
200 mg/kg |
Tumeric |
200 mg/kg |
Sarsparilla root |
150 mg/kg |
Althea root |
150 mg/kg |
Rosehips |
150 mg/kg |
Juniper berries |
150 mg/kg |