Acana: Formula Changes

[corbinam]

I happened to go online looking for the guaranteed analysis of the food we feed Lexi & Enzo (Acana Grasslands) and found, to my surprise, that this spring they will be changing all of their formulas.

If you go to their webpage you can see all of their different food groups (Heritage, Regionals, Singles). Even their existing formulas are changing.

And maybe I'm searching wrong, but depending on how I pull up the website, sometimes it shows me the old formula, and sometimes the new/comparison.

New Grasslands
Old Grasslands

I'm really bummed. We've fed Acana for years. I don't think they're adding anything bad/wrong, but you never know how foods will sit with the dogs with that much ingredient shift.

 

[Greenepony]

We usually stick to singles (I'm excited there is going to be singles treats!) so I'm interested/anxious to see how they sit, I don't remember a fish one before so that gives us another option.

The singles page shows both formulas http://acana.com/our-foods/singles/?lang=usa

 

[corbinam]

We usually stick to singles (I'm excited there is going to be singles treats!) so I'm interested/anxious to see how they sit, I don't remember a fish one before so that gives us another option.

The singles page shows both formulas http://acana.com/our-foods/singles/?lang=usa

Are they grain free? I'm looking for something lower protein for Enzo.

 

[Chris]

Are they grain free? I'm looking for something lower protein for Enzo.

Take a look at Great Life. I've been feeding it for about two years now. No more problems with weight, good balance -- and they love it!

http://www.doctorsfinest.com/

 

[Ann]

Are they grain free? I'm looking for something lower protein for Enzo.

Nature's Variety Instinct Lamb is 22 percent protein and grain free. I've had one of mine on it as an alternative to the prescription vet foods who had digestive issues and it helped a lot. I've also used Earthborn Meadowlands Feast, which is their lamb-based food. Earthborn is grain free and makes a number of excellent varieties with different protein sources.

 

[Greenepony]

Are they grain free? I'm looking for something lower protein for Enzo.

We like the Lamb for Olive so I've copied those lists.

New Food Formula Ingredients:
Deboned lamb*, lamb meal, whole green peas, red lentils, lamb liver*, lamb fat, pinto beans, chickpeas, herring oil, green lentils, whole yellow peas, sun-cured alfalfa, Red Delicious apples*, natural lamb flavor, lamb tripe*, lamb kidney*, lamb cartilage*, dried kelp, whole pumpkin*, whole butternut squash*, kale,* spinach*, mustard greens*, collard greens*, turnip greens*, whole carrots*, Bartlett pears*, freeze-dried lamb liver, freeze-dried lamb tripe, 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

Treats:
Lamb, apples, lamb liver, sarsaparilla root, mixed tocopherols (preservative)