Annamaet Original is a two recipe kibble line built around a meat meal as the first ingredient, followed by a mix of grains. Puppy Formula opens with chicken meal. Senior opens with lamb meal and also lists whitefish meal. Both recipes contain grains such as brown rice and millet, and neither contains peas, lentils or potato.
Protein runs from 26% in Puppy Formula to 31% in Senior, and estimated starch runs from 36% to 40%, all figures as fed. Fat stays close, at 13% to 14%. Our catalog has 1,834 kibbles. Against that average, the line has more protein (28.5% versus 26.9%), slightly more starch (38% versus 37.4%) and more calories (436 kcal per cup versus 395).
The trade offs are a narrow choice and a lot of energy per cup. The line has only a puppy recipe and a senior recipe, with no adult recipe. At 433 to 439 kcal per cup, both recipes are above the catalog kibble average, so a cup of either holds more calories than a cup of a typical kibble.
| Recipe | Protein | Fat | Starch | Kcal / cup | First ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 31% | 13% | 36% | 433 | Lamb Meal, Millet, Whitefish Meal |
| Puppy Formula | 26% | 14% | 40% | 439 | Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Millet |
All figures as fed, from the guaranteed analysis on each label. Starch is our estimate, since no bag prints it. Highest in the line is marked in bold, lowest in italics.
31% protein · 13% fat · 36% starch · 433 kcal/cup · Senior
Senior is built on lamb meal and whitefish meal and is the only recipe in the line that includes egg. It has the line's highest protein at 31%, its lowest estimated starch at 36% and its fewest calories at 433 kcal per cup, and it is sold for older dogs.
Full review of Senior26% protein · 14% fat · 40% starch · 439 kcal/cup · Puppy
Puppy Formula is the only recipe in the line with chicken, and chicken meal is its first ingredient, ahead of brown rice, millet, pearled barley and rolled oats. Compared with Senior, it has less protein at 26% but more fat (14%) and more estimated starch (40%), and it is made for puppies of all breed sizes.
Full review of Puppy FormulaNo. Both recipes contain grain. Puppy Formula lists brown rice, millet, pearled barley and rolled oats among its first ingredients, and Senior lists millet, brown rice and sorghum.
Senior has the most protein at 31%, compared with 26% in Puppy Formula. Senior also has less estimated starch, at 36% versus 40%.
No. Neither Puppy Formula nor Senior lists peas or lentils, and neither contains potato. Both get their carbohydrates from grains.
Protein is close to the average kibble we review (31.7% on a dry matter basis).
100% of recipes lead with a meat, fish or egg ingredient (89% across the site).
0% of recipes are grain-free.
this range, lowest to highest its average average of all 3,205 foods we review
Starch is our estimate from the guaranteed analysis, since no manufacturer prints it. How we work it out
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