Sojos sells two topper lines, both made to add to a dog's regular meals. Mix-a-Meal has four freeze-dried recipes, each built on one meat: chicken, lamb, beef or turkey. ProteinPlus Toppers has three recipes built on turkey, beef or lamb, with the meat listed first, followed by broccoli, green peas and apples.
Mix-a-Meal runs from 50% to 70% protein as fed, with estimated starch averaging 2.5%. ProteinPlus runs from 45% to 63% protein, with starch averaging 4%. Both lines sit well above the catalog topper average of 18.4% protein and below its 11.1% starch. Neither line contains grain. Mix-a-Meal also leaves out peas, lentils and potato, while ProteinPlus lists green peas. Mix-a-Meal includes All Life Stages recipes; ProteinPlus is labeled for adults. Owners avoiding peas can start with Mix-a-Meal, and owners who want vegetables alongside the meat can start with ProteinPlus.
Average topper, as fed
Sojos Mix-a-Meal is a line of four freeze-dried toppers, each built on a single meat: chicken, lamb, beef or turkey. Every recipe lists its meat first, with protein from 50% to 70% as fed and no grain, peas, lentils or potato.
A good fit for: Owners adding a high protein, low starch topper to kibble; Owners who want a single animal protein in each bag
Read the Mix-a-Meal reviewAverage topper, as fed
Sojos ProteinPlus Toppers is a three recipe topper line, each built on one animal protein: turkey, beef or lamb. Every recipe lists the meat first, then broccoli, green peas and apples, with protein from 45% to 63% as fed.
A good fit for: Owners wanting a topper with turkey, beef or lamb as the only animal protein; Owners adding protein to meals, with 45% to 63% protein
Read the ProteinPlus Toppers review
Protein runs higher than the average topper we review (62.6% vs 45.2% on a dry matter basis).
Starch is lower than average, at 3% of the food as fed.
100% of recipes lead with a meat, fish or egg ingredient (89% across the site).
100% 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.
Sojos is a raw pet food brand owned by Wellness Pet Company, whose other brands include Wellness, WHIMZEES, Old Mother Hubbard, Eagle Pack and Holistic Select. The brand is known for dehydrated and freeze-dried raw foods that owners rehydrate at home, including Mix-a-Meal pre-mixes and protein toppers. 1, 2
Sojos says all of its products, from treats to Complete and Pre-Mix recipes, are made in its Minnesota kitchens. At the time of the 2016 acquisition, the announcement said Sojos products would continue to be made in Minneapolis at Sojos' own facilities. 3, 4
Sojourner Farms introduced Sojos in Minnesota in 1985, and Ward and Maggie Johnson later owned and ran the family business. In January 2016, WellPet (now Wellness Pet Company) acquired Sojos and said the brand would stay based in Minneapolis. 4, 5
The recall tracking site Petful reports that it has found no record of a Sojos recall. 6
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Our log holds FDA dog food recall notices from 2012 on, so this is not a guarantee that Sojos has never had one. See the recall log
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