Koha Limited Ingredient Diet Salmon Entrée Dog Food Topper
A topper in 13.0 oz cans, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 43% protein and 32% fat, and each can carries 531 kcal.
- Topper, not a complete meal
- 13.0 oz can
- 78% water
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…
Pumpkin
The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
Chickpeas
The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Flaxseed
The seed of the flax plant, used whole or ground.
Our read The ingredients
Almost all salmon, with a shellfish along for the ride
Signature feature
90% Salmon
Salmon entrée with pumpkin, 90% salmon exclusive of water
What it is Salmon, first on the list ahead of the processing water. Koha says it makes up 90% of the can by weight once that water is set aside.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
With salmon carrying nearly all the solids, this is fish protein and fish fat with a little plant. For a dog reacting to chicken or beef, that's a real swap, as long as shellfish is fine too.
Meaningful A real difference for the dog eating it.
Salmon is the only fish, but green mussel sits seventh, above the salt. That's a second animal protein, despite the single-protein pitch.
- 1 Salmon
- 7 New Zealand Green Mussel
- 9 Salt
What’s in the can
- First meat
- Salmon, first on the list.
- Thickeners and binders
- 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
- 1,438 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 9.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 7.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
531 kcal per 13.0 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Salmon, Water Sufficient for Processing, Pumpkin, Ground Chickpeas, Ground Flaxseed, Agar Agar, New Zealand Green Mussel, Blueberries, 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, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Cobalt Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Sodium Selenite, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid
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 | TOPPER MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 9.5% | 43.2% | 42.1% |
| FAT | 7.0% | 31.8% | 18.8% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 9.1% | - |
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 topper that runs on fat
64%
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Is it a meal?
Sold as a mixer
Koha sells it as a mixer or topper for another food. Spoon it over a complete diet and cut that diet back to make room.
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Is it low in carbs?
Nearly none
Pumpkin and chickpeas barely register. The carb estimate sits near zero, against about 19% for the average topper we list.
- Feed it to
- Dogs that react to chicken or beef, and owners adding moisture and fish to a complete kibble.
- Skip it for
- Dogs allergic to fish or shellfish, dogs with a history of pancreatitis, and strict vet elimination trials.
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 topper 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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