Canine Caviar
Check which Open Meadow bag you are buying. Current US and European pages describe materially different recipes and analyses.
Missing adequacy, incomplete analysis or a material label mismatch needs resolving before choosing this as the main meal.
Sources checked: · Published-information review; not feed-tested
At a glance
- Checked food types
- Dry
- Watch before buying
- Nutrition / calories incomplete
What is in the food?
The new US list starts with lamb meal, pearl millet, lamb fat and fermented yeast, followed by sunflower/flaxseed, alfalfa, kelp, algae oil and added nutrients.
Natural ingredients, additives & processing
Millet is a grain; the recipe also uses yeast and isolated nutrients. Alkalising marketing does not establish clinical superiority.
Does it contain MSG?
No added MSG is named; fermented yeast is declared and is not the same as added monosodium glutamate.
No declared MSG describes the checked label only. It is not a claim about every recipe or a laboratory finding.Checked recipes & composition
Flavours, markets, life stages and processing methods within a brand can use different formulas. These label figures apply only to the listed samples.
Open Meadow — new US profileDry kibble
The new US list starts with lamb meal, pearl millet, lamb fat and fermented yeast, followed by sunflower/flaxseed, alfalfa, kelp, algae oil and added nutrients.
| Nutrient | Declared | Estimated dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 28% | 31.1% |
| Crude fat | 17% | 18.9% |
| Crude fibre | Unverified | — |
| Moisture | 10% | — |
| Energy | Unverified | — |
Dry-matter figures use declared moisture for comparison, not measured averages. Where source figures are guaranteed minima/maxima, the calculated figures are not exact nutrient contents.
Nutritional adequacy: New US statement says formulated to AAFCO all-life-stage profiles; do not import large-breed wording from a different regional recipe.
Read the recipe source ↗What do owner reviews tell us?
The official page has 35 five-star ratings, mostly 2020–22. Readable posts praise acceptance, while some need mixing. Medical improvement anecdotes and mistaken grain-free claims are not treated as facts.
Before you buy
US table gives dietary fibre 12%, not crude fibre, so the crude-fibre field remains blank. EU page gives protein 25%, fat 15%, moisture 8%; HK version unconfirmed.
Sources
- Official new US profile and owner reviews
- Official EU profile for version comparison
- HKTVmall brand facet — inventory presence, not stock or recipe equivalence
Brand / product image source. Shown for identification; packaging and regional recipes can differ. Nutrition figures follow the named recipe sources.
Brand and retailer claims are attributed to their sources. Store ratings are not converted into food ratings, and no firsthand feeding or laboratory test is claimed.