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38% protein and 85% animal ingredients, at the age it counts most.
A puppy builds her entire adult frame in under two years, and Orijen's answer is to make the food mostly out of animals: **85% animal ingredients**, with fresh chicken, raw turkey, chicken giblets, whole herring, whole hake and eggs as the first ingredients on the list.
WholePrey means she gets muscle meat, organ and bone in roughly the ratio a wild canine would eat — which is where the calcium at 1.4% and phosphorus at 1.1% come from, and it matters because getting that ratio wrong during growth is how joint problems start. DHA at 0.35% and EPA at 0.25% support brain and eye development, both from whole fish rather than an added oil. Protein is 38% at 20% fat, grain-free.
Suitable for all breeds, with one exception Orijen state plainly: Great Dane puppies under fourteen weeks.
Fresh chicken (23%), raw turkey (10%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (8%), raw whole herring (6%), raw whole hake (5%), fresh eggs (5%), dehydrated chicken (4%), dehydrated turkey (4%), dehydrated mackerel (4%), dehydrated sardine (4%), dehydrated herring (4%), chicken fat (4%), whole red lentils, whole peas, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, lentil fibre, whole pinto beans, whole navy beans, raw turkey liver (2%), pollock oil (2%), pea starch, dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole zucchini, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh beet greens, fresh turnip greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips. Additives (per kg) — Technological: tocopherol extract from vegetable oils 121 mg, citric acid 40 mg. Sensory: rosemary extract 80 mg. Zootechnical: Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 1×10⁹ CFU. Nutritional: zinc 105 mg, copper 11 mg, vitamin B1 14.7 mg, vitamin B5 12.5 mg, vitamin A 3,750 IU, vitamin D3 500 IU, vitamin E 110 IU. Source: Orijen's UK/EU published data. Champion Petfoods do not publish a South African page — but the bag sizes stocked here are the EU metric line, and a South African retailer publishes figures identical to the UK page, so this is the EU recipe rather than the North American one, which differs.
Store in a cool, dry place, sealed, and use within six weeks of opening — this is a high-fat food and fat oxidises. **Change him over slowly, across at least a week.** Orijen runs 38% protein and close to 4,000 kcal/kg, roughly a third denser than a supermarket food, so the correct portion looks far too small and switching abruptly gives most dogs a bad few days. Weigh it on a scale rather than scooping. Fresh water, always. **Not suitable for Great Dane puppies under fourteen weeks** — Orijen say so on the bag, and it's a real restriction rather than boilerplate.
| Your dog weighs | Activity | Per day | A 6 kg bag lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 kg | Small breed (to 5 kg adult) | 85 g | about 70 days |
| 5 kg | Small breed (to 5 kg adult) — move to adult food | 85 g | about 70 days |
| 2 kg | Small-medium breed (to 10 kg adult) | 85 g | about 70 days |
| 5 kg | Small-medium breed (to 10 kg adult) | 130 g | about 46 days |
| 10 kg | Small-medium breed (to 10 kg adult) — move to adult food | 130 g | about 46 days |
| 2 kg | Medium breed (to 20 kg adult) | 85 g | about 70 days |
| 5 kg | Medium breed (to 20 kg adult) | 160 g | about 37 days |
| 10 kg | Medium breed (to 20 kg adult) | 195 g | about 30 days |
| 15 kg | Medium breed (to 20 kg adult) | 260 g | about 23 days |
| 20 kg | Medium breed (to 20 kg adult) — move to adult food | 215 g | about 27 days |
| 2 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 85 g | about 70 days |
| 5 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 160 g | about 37 days |
| 10 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 230 g | about 26 days |
| 15 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 260 g | about 23 days |
| 20 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 345 g | about 17 days |
| 25 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) | 300 g | about 20 days |
| 30 kg | Medium-large breed (to 30 kg adult) — move to adult food | 290 g | about 20 days |
Read from what she weighs **now**, against the adult size you expect her to reach. The amount rises as she grows and then eases back near the end — that's correct, growth is slowing. A pregnant bitch needs 25% more; a nursing one should be fed free-choice. Two meals a day. Fresh water, always.
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