In addition to describing the criteria we use to select top-quality canned dog foods – and to reject low-quality canned dog foods – and giving you our top canned dog food selections in eight different categories, we offer our subscribers access to two more canned food information resources:
The first is a list of 60-plus pet-food companies who make the type of canned dog foods that meet our selection criteria. This list appears in the print version of WDJ and is also available as a downloadable PDF (click here to download).
The second is a searchable database that allows users to find all of the 800-plus canned dog foods made by the companies on our “Approved Canned Dog Foods” list that are appropriate for their dogs. We name the company that makes each food, list all of its ingredients, indicate whether it’s grain-free or grain-inclusive and whether it was formulated for “adult dog maintenance” or “dogs of all life stages” (this includes puppies and pregnant and nursing females), and give the minimum amount of fat and protein present in the food. We list the lowest price per ounce for the food that we were able to find, and we also offer a link to an online source of the food (where available). (Note: Affiliate links are offered for your convenience. Whole Dog Journal is reader-supported. If you purchase food through links on our site we may earn a commission. Whole Dog Journal does not accept money for its food and product reviews.)
Best of all, you can sort the products on the list by clicking on the top of any of the columns. For example, if you want to see the highest or the lowest-fat foods on our list, click on the top of the “Minimum Fat Content” column once (for the lowest-fat foods) or twice (for the highest-fat foods). Do the same to find the highest- or lowest-protein foods, or highest- or lowest-cost foods.
You can also use filters to look for products that possess the specific traits your dog needs in a canned food. For example, if you want to feed a food that contains beef, does not contain chicken, and is formulated for dogs of all life stages, click on “add filters” to find all the products on our list that meet those criteria.
We’re excited about the possibilities of this searchable database, and hope you find it to be helpful for finding good foods for your dogs.
I can’t find the searchable database attached to this blog! Where is it? Also can’t download the pdf list. Sends me in circles. And, my subscription is current and I am logged in.
All I get are foods titled A through D ! Surely there should be more! This list is not useable, as is. Would love to be able to utilize the entire list!
i can not find the searchable database of canned dog food. I am a subscriber.
Thank you SO much for this searchable database! I was looking for limited single protein dog food and read your print article. I came here online and found what I needed. Great information!
I would like pros/cons on nature’s recipe wet tray food if possible. Thanks in advance…