Evanger’s Super Premium EVX Restricted Diet: Skin & Coat Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 12.5 oz cans, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 50% protein and 32% fat, and each can carries 347 kcal.
- Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
- 12.5 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Salmon
The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Water Sufficient for Processing
Water added to a recipe so it can be mixed, cooked and canned, as distinct from moisture native to the…
Coconut Oil
Oil pressed from the flesh of the coconut, high in medium chain triglycerides.
Chicken Liver
The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Kelp
Dried seaweed, used as a natural mineral source.
Our read The ingredients
Short and salmon-led, but not a single protein
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Restricted Diet
Restricted diet skin & coat complete balanced dinner for adult dogs
What it is A short list built on salmon, first, with coconut oil third and chicken liver fourth. No grains, potatoes or legumes, just kelp, a yeast blend and supplements.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Salmon brings omega-3 fats that do help skin, and the list is short. But chicken liver adds a second animal protein, so a dog with a chicken allergy can't use this as an elimination food.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Salmon leads, but chicken liver sits fourth. The restricted label stops short of single protein, and chicken is the one many itchy dogs react to.
- 1 Salmon
- 4 Chicken Liver
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Salmon, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Salmon and Chicken Liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- None we recognize.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 980 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 11.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 7.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
347 kcal per 12.5 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Salmon, Water Sufficient for Processing, Coconut Oil, Chicken Liver, Kelp, NVGEN and Tynagen (Yeast Extract, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Brewers Dried Yeast, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Miscanthus Grass, Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Folic Acid, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Selenium Yeast, Manganese Proteinate, Potassium Iodide), Taurine, and DL-Methionine
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.
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 | 11.0% | 50.0% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 7.0% | 31.8% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 2.3% | - |
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 salmon can, mostly fat by calories
39g
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Where do the calories come from?
Mostly fat
About 61% of the calories come from fat, much of it the coconut oil third on the list. That's rich for a dog used to leaner food.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
Protein runs 50% on a dry basis against 42% for the average wet food we list, with almost no room left for carbs.
- Feed it to
- Adults with itchy skin or a dull coat that handle fish well and do fine on a rich, fatty bowl.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken or fish, and dogs on a low-fat diet or with a history of pancreatitis.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (980 kcal per kg, 347 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
2 FDA Recalls On Record
Hunk of Beef, Braised Beef, and Pulled Beef canned dog food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
12oz Hunk of Beef Dog food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. 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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