Rating: 
Evanger’s Game Meats Dog Food earns the Advisor’s highest rating of five stars.
Currently, the Evanger’s Game Meats brand includes eight canned products… each containing 100% meat. So, they’re all completely grain-free.
- Evanger’s 100% Beef
- Evanger’s 100% Duck
- Evanger’s 100% Rabbit
- Evanger’s 100% Buffalo
- Evanger’s 100% Chicken
- Evanger’s 100% Venison
- Evanger’s 100% Pheasant
- Evanger’s 100% Wild Salmon
Evanger’s 100% Duck Canned Dog Food was selected to represent the others in the line for this review.
Evanger's 100% Duck
Canned Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Duck, water sufficient for processing
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 6.8%
Red items when present indicate controversial ingredients
The first ingredient in this dog food is duck. Duck is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of duck”.1
Like most meats, duck is naturally rich in the ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life. This is a quality ingredient.
The second ingredient is water… which (of course) adds nothing but moisture to this food. Water is a common finding in most canned dog foods.
Evanger’s Game Meats Dog Food… the Bottom Line
This Evanger’s 100% Game Meats recipe is remarkably elegant in its simplicity… just meat and water. Nothing more.
But being 100% meat, the product was never intended to be a complete and balanced canine diet. It is a supplement… and only a supplement.
A product designed not to be fed as the sole menu in a dog’s diet.
We like to use a food like this as an appetizing topper… to be served over a boring dry kibble.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 46%, a fat level of 23% and an estimated carbohydrate content of 24%.
Very high protein. Moderately high fat. And below-average carbs… when compared to a typical canned dog food.
Impressive profile. Yet we’re puzzled by the projected 24% carb reading. It just seems a bit high.
With 100% meat we would have expected higher protein and fat numbers… leaving less room for all those carbs.
Bottom line?
Evanger’s Game Meats is a 100% meat-based canned dog food utilizing a variety of different sources of quality animal protein… thus earning the brand a solid five-star rating.
Enthusiastically recommended.
Some Final Thoughts
Remember, no dog food can possibly be appropriate for every life stage, lifestyle or health condition. So, choose wisely. And when in doubt consult your veterinarian for help.
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- Adapted from the official definition for chicken published by the American Association of Feed Control Officials, 2008 Edition ↩
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I have a dog that has a grain allergy. I opened a can of rabbit. There was a kernal of corn in it. I called the company and talked to someone. They said it couldn’t be but maybe they had missed something in cleaning the machines after a special order. They were not very concerned about it.