Is Carna 4 Dry Dog Food Good?
Carna 4 Dry Dog Food is a premium pet food line with a 5-star rating — among the top 7% of all the products we review.
They seem to be high in protein and low in carbs, contain mainly named animal products as main ingredients and a lot of meat. We strongly recommend this!
What We like
- Consists Mostly Good Quality Ingredients
- No Plant Protein in Top Ingredients
- Use Organic Minerals to Improve Absorption
- Aid Digestion with Probiotics
- No Chemicals or Suspicious Ingredients
- Oven-Baked to Retain More Nutrition
What We Concern
- More than 37% Carbs
- Contain Potential Allergens like Corn, Soy, Gluten, and Dairy products
- Include Ingredients that might be Related to Poor Digestion
「Chief of Food」Fat Hill
Recipes Rating
Recipes could have different ingredients in the same product line. We rate each recipe and list them from higest to lowest ratings.
Recipe and 1st Ingredient
Rating
Grain Free
Carna4 Dog Food – Chicken
1️⃣Chicken 🍚Carbs：38%Carna4 Easy-chew Fish Formula Dog Food
1️⃣Herring 🍚Carbs：38%Carna4® Dog Food – Grain-free Duck
1️⃣Duck 🍚Carbs：38%Tips
Recipes have similar ratings., and some of the recipes contains grains.
Recipe to review
To rate Carna 4 Dry Dog Food, we will take one representative recipe to evaluate the nutrition, ingredients and meat content of this product line.
We have chosen Carna4 Dog Food – Chicken.
Nutrition Label
Pet food show guaranteed analysis on their labels. It includes moisture and does not reflect the level of carbs — which we prefer lower for dogs and as low as possible for cats.
29%
15%
4%
?%
Calculate the dry value (no moisture) on a dry matter basis will help us to estimate the carbs level and other nutrition without water — so we can get a better idea about the ratio.
(We think the ideal nutrition profile would be Protein > Fat > Carbs)
| Nutrition | Our Ideal | Dry Value | Like? |
| Protein | 30% or more | 32% | |
| Fat | 15% or more | 17% | |
| Carbs | Less than 28% | 38% | |
| Fiber | Less than 5% | 4.4% |
Ingredients Overview
15 ingredients are listed on the label. We research their quality to pet and use our best judgement to group them in the proportion of Prefer, Concerned, and Notice ingredients in the bar chart.
Fresh Chicken
Animal ProteinChicken Liver
Animal ProteinEggs
Animal ProteinOrganic Sprouted Barley Seed
CarbsSalmon
Animal ProteinSweet Potato
CarbsWhole Brown Rice
CarbsOrganic Sprouted Flax Seed
FatOrganic Sprouted Lentils
Carbs, Plant ProteinOrganic Sprouted Peas
Carbs, Plant ProteinPotato Starch
CarbsApples
CarbsCarrots
CarbsSea Salt
OthersKelp
CarbsTips
Most ingredients are considered as clear ingredients, but we do find 2 Concerned and 1 Notice ingredients from Carna4 Dog Food – Chicken. Check from the above list to view the details.Concerned
- Potato Starch
- Sea Salt
Notice
- Whole Brown Rice
Estimated Meat Content
Some pet food uses high plant protein ingredients to boost up the overall protein level — to make it looks like it includes a lot of meat, which is more appealing for customers.
Therefore, protein level itself cannot tell the quality and how much animal ingredients (more digestible than plants) is in the pet food.
0 / 7 (0%)
in top 7 ingredients32%
in dry matterBy looking at the plant protein in top ingredients and compare with the total protein level, we will try to estimate how much animal ingredients is used in the pet food as Meat Content.
Meat Content
Based on my "godly" guess, the meat content might be Medium to high !
It looks like it contains a significant amount of meat and majority of the protein should come from animal sources. Your furbabies will like it like I do!
Carna 4 Dry Dog Food Product Line Review
To make a conclusion about the whole product line, we will consider all recipes and their average nutrition ratio.
Recipes Average Compares to Ideal Level
In the total of 3 recipes, the group has an average of 32% protein, 17% fat and 38% carbohydrate.
（Protein and Fat: Prefer Higher丨Carbs: Prefer Lower）
- Protein is 2 (%) higher than ideal
- Fat is 2 (%) higher than ideal
- Carbs is 10 (%) higher than ideal
What does it mean?
Overall,Carna 4 Dry Dog Food has an carbs level higher than our preferred level.
Conclusion
Throughout the review, we have 3 major opinons about this pet food line:
- High protein low carbs
- Major ingredients from animals
- Contains a lot of meat
Based on these, we can conclude Carna 4 Dry Dog Food is a pet food line with a 5 star rating.
Do we recommend Carna 4 Dry Dog Food ?
It is a top quality premium pet food that we strongly recommend!
The review is entirely our own view and opinon. It is for informational reference only and not a purchase advice.
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