Blue Seal splits its dry food into two kibble lines, EnTrust and Native, and every recipe in both includes grain. EnTrust is the larger line, with 10 recipes built on chicken, pork, lamb or salmon meal plus barley, rice, corn and sorghum; fish appears in nine of them. Native has six recipes arranged in numbered levels, from Level 1 to Level 4 plus Level 2.5 and a puppy recipe, and all six list fish and egg.
The label numbers set them apart. EnTrust averages 25.4% protein, 14% fat and 356 kcal, while Native averages 28.5% protein, 18% fat and 424 kcal, as fed. Native protein runs from 24% to 35% as the levels climb. Estimated starch is close in both, at 33.3% for EnTrust and 33.8% for Native, below the 37.4% average for kibble in our catalog. Neither line lists peas or lentils.
Average kibble, as fed
EnTrust is Blue Seal's all-kibble line of 10 grain-inclusive recipes built on chicken, pork, lamb or salmon meal with barley, rice, corn and sorghum. No recipe contains peas or lentils, and fish appears in nine of the ten.
A good fit for: Owners who want grain-inclusive kibble without peas or lentils; Growing puppies, with the Puppy recipe at 30% protein
Read the EnTrust reviewAverage kibble, as fed
Blue Seal Native is a six-recipe, grain-inclusive kibble line arranged in numbered levels, from Level 1 to Level 4 plus Level 2.5 and a puppy recipe. Protein runs from 24% to 35% as the levels climb, and no recipe lists peas or lentils.
A good fit for: Owners wanting grain-inclusive kibble with no peas, lentils or potato; Adult dogs needing calorie dense food, like Level 4 at 510 kcal
Read the Native review
Protein is close to the average kibble we review (29.7% on a dry matter basis).
Starch is lower than average, at 35% of the food as fed.
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
Share of recipes that list each animal protein as an ingredient, not counting oils, fats or flavorings. Useful if your dog has a food sensitivity.
These are not unsafe. They are listed because readers ask about them.
Blue Seal is a feed and pet food brand of Kent Nutrition Group, a family-owned company based in Muscatine, Iowa, that is part of Kent Corporation. Its dog food lines include EnTrust, Native, Classics and Krunchies, and the company describes Native as a line with natural ingredients for athletic dogs. 1, 2, 3
The company says its EnTrust foods are manufactured and tested in its own award-winning, certified-safe pet food facilities. Kent Nutrition Group lists 15 manufacturing facilities in the US, including a mill in Bow, New Hampshire, but does not say which plants make its dog food. 4, 5
Blue Seal traces its roots to 1868, when Henry Kingman Webster started a gristmill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Blue Seal name was introduced in 1910. Varied Investments, a predecessor of Kent Corporation, acquired the business in 1988, and in 2010 Blue Seal Feeds and Kent Feeds merged to form Kent Nutrition Group. 3
Petful's recall tracker lists no recalls of Blue Seal pet food. 6
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