Acana Singles Duck with Pear Limited Ingredient Diet (All Life Stages, Dry)

Ingredients (verbatim and in label order, per manufacturer product page): Duck, duck meal, duck liver, sweet potato, whole chickpeas, duck fat, whole lentils, lentil fiber, whole pears, fish oil, natural duck flavor, whole pumpkin, whole cranberries, choline chloride, salt, taurine, vitamin E supplement, dried kelp, zinc proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, copper proteinate, freeze-dried duck, dried chicory root, turmeric, citric acid (preservative), rosemary extract. The statement continues on the manufacturer page; check the bag for the official full statement.

Guaranteed analysis (as fed, per manufacturer): Crude protein (min) 31%, Crude fat (min) 17%, Crude fiber (max) 5%, Moisture (max) 12%, Ash (max) 10%, Dietary starch (max) 18%, Sugars (max) 5%, EPA (min) 0.2%, DHA (min) 0.2%, Calcium (min) 1.8%, Phosphorus (min) 1.2%, Omega-6 fatty acids (min) 2.1%, Omega-3 fatty acids (min) 0.8%, Glucosamine (min) 500 mg/kg. Energy 3,405 kcal/kg (388 kcal per 8 oz cup), with 32 percent of calories from protein, 26 percent from carbohydrates and 42 percent from fat.

The duck entry in the Singles line, and like its lamb sibling a genuine single-protein diet on the animal side: duck, duck meal, duck liver, duck fat and freeze-dried duck, with fish oil the only other animal item, so even the added fat is duck. It carries the same unusually open guaranteed analysis as the rest of the line, publishing ash at a 10 percent maximum, dietary starch at 18 percent and sugars at 5 percent, figures that almost no maker in this library discloses. One difference from the lamb and beef recipes in the same line is worth naming: this recipe publishes no taurine guarantee where both of those publish 0.2 percent, even though taurine does appear in its ingredient list. That is a gap in the numbers rather than in the formula, and it matters here because the diet is grain free and leans on chickpeas and lentils, the ingredient profile examined in the FDA's diet-associated canine dilated cardiomyopathy investigation, which reached no causal finding. As across the Singles line, the AAFCO statement excludes large breed growth despite the All Life Stages label, and no sourcing or made-in statement is published.

Consolidated from publicly available manufacturer information (link above), compiled Oct 24, 2026. Not tested or evaluated by Sniff and Shift. Not medical advice, verify on current packaging and consult your veterinarian.

Source: Acana product page (acana.com). Figures are the maker published values; check the bag for the current label.

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