Evanger’s Organics Dog Food Review (Canned)

Evanger’s Organics Dog Food product range is made up of four recipes with ratings varying from 4.5 to 5 stars. The average rating of the whole range is 5 stars.

Organic recipes with organic market-fresh vegetables all formulated to met the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO nutrient profiles for all life stages.

It’s important to note that one of the recipes in this product line appear to be entirely meat-based, and suitable for supplemental feeding only.

The table below shows each recipe in this range including our rating and the AAFCO nutrient profile: Growth (puppy), Maintenance (adult), All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.

Recipe and Label Analysis

Evanger’s Organics Turkey with Potatoes and Carrots was selected to represent both products in the line for this review.

Ingredients Analysis

The first ingredient in this dog food is organic turkey. Turkey is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of turkey”.¹

Turkey is naturally rich in the 10 essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The second ingredient is water, which adds nothing but moisture to this food. Water is a routine finding in most wet dog foods.

The third ingredient is organic potato. Potatoes can be considered a gluten-free source of digestible carbohydrates. Yet with the exception of perhaps their caloric content, potatoes are of only modest nutritional value to a dog.

The fourth ingredient includes organic carrots. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, minerals and dietary fiber.

The fifth ingredient is organic whole eggs. Eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value.

The sixth ingredient is guar gum, a gelling or thickening agent found in many wet pet foods. Refined from dehusked guar beans, guar gum can add a notable amount of dietary fiber to any product.

From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.

But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.

With three notable exceptions…

First, the minerals listed here do not appear to be chelated. And that can make them more difficult to absorb. Non-chelated minerals are usually associated with lower quality dog foods.

And lastly, this recipe contains this recipe contains sodium selenite controversial form of the mineral selenium. Sodium selenite appears to be nutritionally inferior to the more natural source of selenium found in selenium yeast.

Since this recipe contains a number of organic ingredients, we feel compelled to grant this line a more favorable status as we consider its final rating.

That’s because organic ingredients must comply with notably more stringent government standards – standards which significantly restrict the use of any synthetic pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, hormones or antibiotics.

But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product’s meat content before determining a final rating.

Nutrient Analysis

Judging by its ingredients alone, Evanger’s Organics Turkey with Potato & Carrots Dinner looks like an above-average canned product.

The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 36.5%, a fat level of 19.2% and estimated carbohydrates of about 32.7%.

As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 39.4% and a mean fat level of 27.9%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 21.2% for the overall product line.

And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 70%.

Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to a typical canned dog food.

Free of any plant-based protein boosters, this looks like the profile of a canned product containing a moderate amount of meat.

Evangers Dog Food Recall History

The following automated list (if present) includes all dog food recalls related to Evangers through May 2025.

You can view a complete list of all dog food recalls since 2009 here.

Our Rating of Evanger's Organics Dog Food

Evanger’s Organics is a meat-based canned dog food using a moderate amount of organic meat as its main source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.

The Chicago Rabbinical Council endorses these as chometz-free pet foods acceptable for dogs and cats in Kosher households on Passover.

Highly Recommended

About

Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company was founded in 1935 by Fred Evanger.

All these years later, Evanger’s pet food line is manufactured on the original site, following the same tradition of uncompromising quality. Evanger’s remains a family-owned and operated company and in 2003, Evanger’s was the first pet food company to create a food that was packed by hand instead of machine by putting whole pieces of fresh meat and vegetables into the cans.

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