Koha Kangaroo : Limited Ingredient Diet Kangaroo Entrée Grain-Free Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 13.0 oz cans, complete and balanced for all life stages. With the water taken out it is 41% protein and 23% fat, and each can carries 388 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for all life stages (AAFCO, on the label)
- 13.0 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Water Sufficient for Processing
Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Kangaroo
The clean flesh of the kangaroo, used fresh.
Kangaroo Liver
Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Pumpkin
The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
Our read The ingredients
Truly novel kangaroo, with a pork protein tagging along
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Single meat recipe
Single meat recipe. Ideal for dogs with food allergies, sensitive stomachs, digestive issues
What it is Kangaroo meat and kangaroo liver, second and third behind water, are the only named meats. Kangaroo is a novel protein most dogs have never eaten.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Novel proteins are how vets run elimination diets, and kangaroo qualifies. But porcine plasma sits eighth, so a pork-allergic dog still meets pork. For most allergy dogs it works; for a strict trial it falls short.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Kangaroo and its liver run second and third, but porcine plasma, a pork blood protein, sits eighth, well above the salt.
- 2 Kangaroo
- 3 Kangaroo Liver
- 8 Porcine Plasma
- 15 Salt
What’s in the can
- First ingredient
- Water Sufficient for Processing, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- Kangaroo, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Kangaroo and Kangaroo Liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- Porcine Plasma and Agar Agar. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,052 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 9.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 5.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
388 kcal per 13.0 oz can, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the can size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Water Sufficient for Processing, Kangaroo, Kangaroo Liver, Ground Flaxseed, Pumpkin, Ground Chickpeas, Sunflower Oil, Porcine Plasma, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Agar Agar, Magnesium Proteinate, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Taurine, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Marine Microalgae Oil, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3 Supplement
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.
| NUTRIENT | ON THE LABEL | WATER OUT | WET FOOD MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 9.0% | 40.9% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 5.0% | 22.7% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 20.5% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
A rich, nearly carb-free can built on fat
56%
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Is it a high-protein food?
About average
Protein runs close to the wet food average we list, 41% against 42% on a dry basis. Fat is what sets this can apart.
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Is it low in carbs?
Very low
Chickpeas and pumpkin add little starch, leaving about 2% carbohydrate on a dry basis against 19% for the average wet food we list.
- Feed it to
- Adult dogs that need a novel protein, and owners who want a grain-free, very low-carb wet food.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to pork, dogs on a strict vet elimination trial, and fat-sensitive dogs or those with a history of pancreatitis.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,052 kcal per kg, 388 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to Koha. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other wet food recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
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