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Farmina Pet Foods N&D Prime Canine scores 8.2/10 and is considered a low risk canned dog food. This is also Farmina’s highest scoring canned dog food and the #2 Best Canned Dog Food on dogfoodreviews.com.
Farmina’s N&D Prime Canine wet dog food offers 8 recipes with average protein of 52%, and low carbohydrates of 11% as calculated on a dry matter basis, which is good for a canned food. There are 2 Chicken Recipes that have higher carbs at 15% resulting in a loss of points for ingredient quality. Foods that are rich in carbohydrates can increase insulin levels, increase the risk of obesity and cause unwanted changes to the gut microbiome.
There are no whole ingredients or vegetable matter beyond the first few ingredients so that limits the amount of ingredient sourced nutrients in these recipes. Canned foods are highly processed, undergoing several stages of heating that can cause significant losses in some active enzymes, vitamins, amino acids and phytonutrients. As a result, the recipes have excessive added minerals and added amino acids to balance the foods. However, it’s good to see that selenium is in the form of selenium yeast, the preferred form vs sodium selenite, which can be toxic.
It’s good to see that Farmina uses non-GMO grains but that doesn’t mean the foods are pesticide-free. Other ingredients appear to be conventionally farmed which affects ingredient safety. Unless organic, crops like apples can carry a high pesticide/herbicide residue.
It’s also worth noting that Farmina doesn’t state the omega-6:omega-3 ratio in their foods. While this is true of most foods, it’s unfortunate since AAFCO allows a very inflammatory limit of 30:1. The foods also contain herring or herring oil, but they don’t say whether the fish is wild caught or farmed.
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