Mars Candy bought this Dog Food Out... yikes!

Acana and Orijen- the scoop on it


Everything still kind of seems fine with Acana and Orijen. I still have them at my store, The Natural Dog, and people are buying the sister dog food brands. But yes, rumors have been going around.

Are you feeding your dog Acana or Orijen? Did once they got bought out by Mars, the mega-corporation, did they stop eating it? Or maybe you didn't even know they got bought out by Mars, and your dog has been eating it right up like nothing ever happened. 

It's interesting that Acana and Orijen still seem to have the main key essential ingredients they had before. No one at my store has noticed any of the ingredients changed when Mars bought Champion, the company of the two dog food brands. And the dog foods are still some of the most expensive dog foods you'll find in my store. So what's the deal?

Well, let's get into it. What is Champion, the company of the sisters: Acana and Orijen? Champion was established in 1985 in Alberta, Canada. The founder was known for having the ingredients for good food and that's why the people around him wanted him to start selling dog food. Thus, Acana came first. They are there for pet lovers and pets. They are known for having some of the highest amounts of meat in their food which could range up to 90 percent. This equates to around 38 percent protein.

Suppliers go through a year and a half vet. The food is made in their very own kitchens, and they only believe in top-notch standards. The only thing not made in-house is their wet cat food. They believe in fresh and raw ingredients only cooked once unlike other brands.

They get all their ingredients from either America, Canada, New Zealand, or France. What's cool is that their packaging is designed for recycling. They keep what's in the food on display through pictures on the packaging. They have limited ingredient diets.


This was all information that a rep gave me at a training at a store so take it how you want. But what the rep did say to us is that if you want to start giving this food to your pet then start with Acana first. Acana has around 60% to 70% meat while Orijen has 85% to 90%. The most expensive bag, at my store, of the sisters is Orijen Tundra which is 123 dollars as I last checked. The cheapest bag of the sisters at my store is the small bag of Acana Free-run poultry which is about 21 dollars. Champion is coming out with cheaper food, Acana Classics with much less meat and protein which I thought was interesting. It probably has something to do with them being bought out by Mars.

But yes, this is what I know of the sisters. But why do some dogs not want to eat the sister foods after they got bought out by Mars? Some think it's lesser quality ingredients, but it's hard to know. I had a coworker speculate that maybe it had something to do with how the company moved from Canada to America; Auburn, Kentucky to be exact. Does this have anything to do with it? But it happened back in 2016 so it is very strange. 

In conclusion, if you want to feed your dog one of these sister brands then go ahead. But be watchful of the ingredients and make sure that now Mars owns them hopefully they don't go changing the ingredients on you. 

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