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Bravo Canine Cafe Dog Food receives the Advisor’s top rating of 5 stars.

The Bravo Canine Cafe product line includes 6 canned dog foods.

Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product’s official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.

• Bravo Canine Cafe Beef Fricassee [A]
• Bravo Canine Cafe Turkey Fricassee [A]
• Bravo Canine Cafe Chicken Fricassee [A]
• Bravo Canine Cafe 95% Rabbit, Pork and Liver [A]
• Bravo Canine Cafe 95% Chicken and Liver (2.5 stars) [A]
• Bravo Canine Cafe 95% Beef, Turkey and Liver (4.5 stars) [A]

Bravo Canine Cafe Beef Fricassee was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.

Ingredient Analysis

The first ingredient in this dog food is beef. Beef is defined as “the clean flesh derived from slaughtered cattle” and includes skeletal muscle or the muscle tissues of the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus.²

Beef is naturally rich in all ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The next two items include beef and vegetable broths. Broths are of only modest nutritional value. Yet because they add both flavor and moisture to a dog food, they are a common addition component in many canned products.

The fourth ingredient is beef liver. This is an organ meat sourced from a named animal and thus considered a beneficial component.

The fifth ingredient is beef heart. Although it doesn’t sound very appetizing to us humans, heart tissue is pure muscle — all meat. It’s naturally rich in quality protein, minerals and complex B vitamins, too.

The sixth ingredient includes dried eggs, a dehydrated powder made from shell-free eggs. Eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value.

After the natural flavor, we find agar agar, a natural vegetable gelatin derived from the cell walls of certain species of red algae. Agar is rich in fiber and is used in wet pet foods as a gelling agent.

From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.

But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.

With 3 notable exceptions…

First, we find sunflower oil. Sunflower oil is nutritionally similar to safflower oil. Since these oils are high in omega-6 fatty acids and contain no omega-3’s, they’re considered less nutritious than canola or flaxseed oils.

Sunflower oil is notable for its resistance to heat damage during cooking.

There are several different types of sunflower oil, some better than others. Without knowing more, it’s impossible to judge the quality of this ingredient.

Next, this food includes salmon oil, which is naturally rich in the prized EPA and DHA type of omega-3 fatty acids. These two high quality fats boast the highest bio-availability to dogs and humans.

Depending on its level of freshness and purity, salmon oil should be considered a commendable addition.

And lastly, this food contains chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.

Nutrient Analysis

Judging by its ingredients alone, Bravo Canine Cafe Dog Food looks like an above-average wet product.

The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 53%, a fat level of 25% and estimated carbohydrates of about 14%.

As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 50% and a mean fat level of 32%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 10% for the overall product line.

And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 65%.

Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to a typical canned dog food.

Free of any plant-based protein boosters, this looks like the profile of a wet dog food containing an abundance of meat.

Bottom line?

Bravo Canine Cafe is a meat-based canned dog food using a significant amount of named meats as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.

Enthusiastically recommended.

Bravo Dog Food Recall History

The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this Bravo! product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.

• Bravo Dog Food Recall December 2015 (12/10/2015)
• Bravo Dog Food Recall July 2015 (7/23/2015)
• Bravo Dog and Cat Food Recall (9/26/2014)
• Bravo! Dog and Cat Food Recall (5/14/2014)
• Bravo! Raw Frozen Dog Food Recall (4/3/2013)
• Warning Issued for Bravo! and Steve’s Real Raw Pet Foods (3/13/2013)
• Bravo Recalls Pig Ears Dog Chews for Salmonella (6/1/2011)