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Evanger’s Super Premium Dog Food receives the Advisor’s second-highest rating of 4.5 stars.
The Evanger’s Super Premium product line includes the 5 canned dog foods listed below.
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 Super Premium Beef Dinner [A]
- Evanger’s Super Premium Chicken Dinner [A]
- Evanger’s Low Fat Vegetarian Dinner (not rated) [A]
- Evanger’s Super Premium Lamb and Rice Dinner (4 stars) [A]
- Evanger’s Super Premium Duck and Sweet Potato Dinner (4 stars) [A]
Evanger’s Super Premium Duck and Sweet Potato Dinner was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Evanger's Super Premium Duck and Sweet Potato Dinner
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Protein
Fat
CarbsCarbohydrates
Duck, chicken broth, sweet potatoes, liver, guar gum, vitamins {vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin B2), folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, vitamin D2 supplement}, minerals {zinc sulfate, iron sulfate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, selenium yeast, potassium iodide}
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 1.5%
Red denotes any controversial items
| Estimated Nutrient Content | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Method | Protein | Fat | Carbs |
| Guaranteed Analysis | 8% | 6% | NA |
| Dry Matter Basis | 36% | 27% | 28% |
| Calorie Weighted Basis | 28% | 51% | 22% |
Ingredient Analysis
The first ingredient in this dog food is duck. Duck is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of duck”.1
Duck 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 sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are a gluten-free source of complex carbohydrates in dog food. They are naturally rich in dietary fiber and beta carotene.
The fourth ingredient is liver. Normally, liver can be considered a quality component. However, in this case, the source of the liver is not identified. For this reason, it’s impossible to judge the quality of this item.
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, 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.
And lastly, the minerals listed here do not appear to be chelated. And that can make them more difficult to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually associated with higher quality dog foods.
Nutrient Analysis
Based on its ingredients alone, Evanger’s Super Premium Dog Food appears to be an above-average canned product.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 36%, a fat level of 27% and estimated carbohydrates of about 28%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 37% and a mean fat level of 24%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 32% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 64%.
Near-average protein. Near-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 notable amount of meat, except for the Vegetarian recipe which is not rated.
However, with 51% of the total calories in our example coming from fat versus just 28% from protein, some recipes may not be suitable for every animal.
Bottom line?
Excluding the Vegetarian recipe, Evanger’s Super Premium is a canned dog food using a notable amount of named meats as its main source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4.5 stars.
Highly recommended.
Evanger’s Dog Food Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to Evanger’s. 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)
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