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Brand № 19 / 31 · Kibble / retail · Captured 2026-07-25

Orijen

Owned by Champion Petfoods Kibble / retail 1 recall high

Grain-free and grain-inclusive dry, freeze-dried and wet dog food from Champion Petfoods of Alberta, Canada, Mars-owned since February 2023, built around high animal-ingredient inclusion. Product pages publish a full guaranteed analysis, metabolizable energy in kcal/kg and per cup, and a verbatim AAFCO statement as page text.

Orijen is owned by Champion Petfoods (Mars, Incorporated). Of the 2 foods we hold, 2 publish a nutrient analysis, 2 a calorie statement, 2 an ingredient list and 2 a nutritional-completeness statement. 2 of those are AAFCO statements. Those counts are what the transparency mark above records — how we read a label.

Recall history

1 event on record, newest first. The marker is filled where the notice reports illness or death and hollow where it does not; that is read from the notice, not scored. Every event links to its own source.

  1. 2008

  2. 2008-11

    Orijen Illness not stated

    Vitamin A depletion from 60 kGy gamma irradiation required for import to Australia. The recall itself covered Orijen CAT food.

    All Orijen cat food sold in Australia. Orijen dog food was withdrawn from shelves precautionarily, the company citing cats eating from dog bowls.

    Australia only; no US or Canadian product affected. No Orijen recall has ever been recorded in North America.

    Source img.petfoodindustry.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-27 Methodology

All 55 events in the recall tracker

Orijen foods in the database

Protein is converted to a dry-matter basis so these rows compare to any other format on the site. The bar under each calorie figure spans the full 203-food range, with the tick at the median, so a bar here means what the same bar means anywhere else.

Dry-matter values computed from each label's published analysis. Hatched cells are values Orijen does not publish. Scroll horizontally to see all 4 columns.
Food Form Protein DM kcal / kg
Original Dry Dog Food Dry kibble 43.2% 3940
Original Stew Recipe with Chicken, Turkey & Eggs Wet / canned 61.1% 977

orijenpetfoods.com is the manufacturer's own site and the source everything above was captured from on . Manufacturers reformulate without announcing it, so the bag in your hand outranks this page.

Comparisons featuring Orijen

No head-to-head comparison featuring Orijen yet — which is a gap in our coverage, not a verdict on the brand. The 6 we have published are here, each with the date it was checked.

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Source orijenpetfoods.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology