Evanger’s Organics Dog Food receives the Advisor’s second-highest tier rating of 4.5 stars.

The Evanger’s Organics product line includes 2 canned dog foods.

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

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Evanger’s Organics Turkey with Potatoes and Carrots was selected to represent both products in the line for this review.

Ingredient Analysis

The first ingredient in this dog food is turkey. Turkey is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of turkey”.¹

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

The second ingredient is chicken broth. 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 third ingredient is potato. Potatoes can be considered a gluten-free source of digestible carbohydrates. Yet with the exception of perhaps their caloric content, potatoes are of only modest nutritional value to a dog.

The fourth ingredient includes carrots. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, minerals and dietary fiber.

The fifth ingredient is guar gum, a gelling or thickening agent found in many wet pet foods. Refined from dehusked guar beans, guar gum can add a notable amount of dietary fiber to any product.

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 2 notable exceptions…

First, the minerals listed here do not appear to be chelated. And that can make them more difficult to absorb. Non-chelated minerals are usually associated with lower quality dog foods.

And lastly, this recipe contains selenium yeast. Unlike the more common inorganic form of selenium (sodium selenite), this natural yeast supplement is considered a safer anti-cancer alternative.

Nutrient Analysis

Since this recipe contains a number of organic ingredients, we feel compelled to grant this line a more favorable status as we consider its final rating.

That’s because organic ingredients must comply with notably more stringent government standards — standards which significantly restrict the use of any synthetic pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, hormones or antibiotics.

But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product’s meat content before determining a final rating.

With that in mind…

Judging by its ingredients alone, Evanger’s Organics Dog Food looks like an above-average canned product.

The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 36%, a fat level of 18% and estimated carbohydrates of about 38%.

As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 36% and a mean fat level of 18%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 38% for the overall product line.

And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 50%.

Below-average protein. Below-average fat. And above-average carbs when compared to a typical canned dog food.

Free of any plant-based protein boosters, this looks like the profile of a canned product containing a moderate amount of meat.

However, even though both products in the line report the exact same nutrient numbers, we note an important difference. One is all meat (the chicken recipe), the other is a mixed dinner with potato and carrots.

We find it odd this 100% chicken product would only contain 36% protein. With nothing but meat in the can, we must question the accuracy of the reported label information.

Bottom line?

Evanger’s Organics is a meat-based canned dog food using a moderate amount of organic meat as its main source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4.5 stars.

Highly recommended.

Those looking for a nice kibble to go with this product may wish to visit our review of Evanger’s dry dog food.

Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.

Evanger’s Dog Food Recall History

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

• Evanger’s and Against the Grain Dog Food Recall Expands (2/28/2017)
• FDA Cautions Pet Owners Not to Feed Certain Dog Food Products Due to Adulteration with Pentobarbital (2/17/2017)
• Evanger’s Dog Food Recall of February 2017 (2/3/2017)