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Puppy Recipe vsFreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs

ACANA Puppy Recipe and Nulo FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs, compared on what the labels say: nutrients on a dry-matter basis, calories, ingredients, allergen groups, cost and recalls.

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ACANA Puppy RecipeDry

ACANA

Puppy Recipe

408 kcal/cup · Chicken, Turkey

35.2%
Protein
21.6%
Fat
30.5%
Carbs

Life stage: All life stages

Serving: 2½ cups/day

Which one fits your dog

Neither food is better for every dog. These are the differences that matter for specific needs.

More protein
Nulo FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs has 36.7% protein on a dry-matter basis, 35.2% for ACANA Puppy Recipe.
Avoiding potato
Only ACANA Puppy Recipe leaves out potato.
Avoiding egg
Only Nulo FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs leaves out egg.
Life stage
ACANA Puppy Recipe is labelled for all life stages; Nulo FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs for puppy.

Side by side

Guaranteed analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so foods with different moisture compare fairly. Prices as of the check date.

Label dataPuppy RecipeFreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs
FormatDryDry
Life stageAll life stagesPuppy
Main proteinChicken, TurkeyTurkey, Fish
Grain-freeYesYes
Protein (dry matter)35.2%36.7%
Fat (dry matter)21.6%20%
Fiber (dry matter, max)5.7%4.4%
Moisture (max)12%10%
Calories per kg3,5753,559
Calories per cup408434
Price per day (20 kg adult)Not trackedNot tracked
Recalls on record00

Ingredients

Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, heaviest first. The first five usually make up most of the food.

Puppy Recipe: first five

  1. 1Chicken
  2. 2turkey
  3. 3chicken meal
  4. 4whole green peas
  5. 5whole red lentils

FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs: first five

  1. 1Deboned Turkey
  2. 2Turkey Meal
  3. 3Sweet Potato
  4. 4Salmon Meal
  5. 5Whole Peas
Only in Puppy Recipe
Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole green peas, whole red lentils, chicken fat, flounder, eggs, fish oil, whole yellow peas, lentil fiber, chicken broth, whole chickpeas, whole green lentils, whole pinto beans, pea starch, natural chicken flavor, chicken liver, chicken heart, dried kelp, mixed tocopherols (preservative), whole pumpkin, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, calcium pantothenate, freeze-dried chicken, freeze-dried turkey, riboflavin, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rose hips, juniper berries, citric acid (preservative), dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product
In both
turkey meal, salt, vitamin E supplement, zinc proteinate, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, copper proteinate, dried chicory root, rosemary extract
Only in FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs
Deboned Turkey, Sweet Potato, Salmon Meal, Whole Peas, Chickpeas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid), Deboned Trout, Pea Fiber, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Yeast Culture, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Apples, Dried Blueberries, Dried Carrots, Taurine, Zinc Sulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Iron Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Manganous Oxide, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate

Allergen groups

"May contain" means the label lists an unnamed animal ingredient, such as natural flavor or animal fat, that could come from that animal.

GroupPuppy RecipeFreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs
Chicken / poultryContainsContains
BeefNot foundMay contain
LambNot foundMay contain
FishContainsContains
DuckNot foundMay contain
WheatNot foundNot found
CornNot foundNot found
SoyNot foundNot found
Peas & legumesContainsContains
PotatoNot foundContains
EggContainsNot found
DairyNot foundNot found

Nutritional adequacy statements

Puppy Recipe
"ACANA PUPPY RECIPE DOG FOOD is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages, including growth of large size dogs (70 lb or more as an adult)."
FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe for Dogs
"Nulo FreeStyle Puppy Turkey & Sweet Potato Recipe is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth and gestation/lactation except for growth of large size dogs (70 lbs or more as an adult)."

How we compared

All figures come from each manufacturer's label and published product information, checked on the dates shown. Dry-matter values are calculated from the guaranteed analysis. Price per day assumes a 20 kg adult dog and the price on the check date. We don't accept payment from brands, and no shop link on this page changes the order or the data.Read our methodology.

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