Orijen Regional Red Stew with Shredded Beef & Lamb review

Orijen · Regional Red Stew with Shredded Beef & Lamb · Wet food · Adult maintenance

90 / 100Our label score

★★★★½4.5 of 5 stars, from the score

11%Crude protein (min)

367kcal per 12.8 oz

0FDA recall events for the brand

On the facts printed on its own label, Orijen Regional Red Stew with Shredded Beef & Lamb scores 90 out of 100 on our rubric: top of the range we have scored. The panel opens with Beef, and the first ingredient signal earns 20 of its 20 points. At 11% crude protein it ranks 39 of the 44 Orijen recipes we scored for protein. Crude fat reads 5.5%.

Its adequacy claim rests on formulation: balanced on paper against the AAFCO nutrient profiles rather than fed to dogs in a trial. Our November 2026 check of FDA records found no posted dog food recall events for Orijen.

The panel runs to 40 ingredient lines. 9 of them are animal source lines and 5 are plant lines. The first added fat appears at line 19, so 18 lines sit ahead of it in the recipe by weight. Salt appears at line 14 of 40: ingredients listed after salt are present in small amounts, a standard reading aid for long panels. The vitamin and mineral pack begins around line 21; the 20 lines from there on are mostly supplements, preservatives and functional extras rather than staple foods.

Its closest relative in this brand is Tundra Stew with Shredded Beef, Duck & Lamb, sold as Wet food: the two panels share most of their ingredients. In the first ten, this recipe has whole sardine, where its relative has fish bone broth. The full comparison is on the relative's own review page.

The label facts

Maker	Champion Petfoods
Format	Wet food
Life stage	Adult maintenance
Full ingredient list, in label order	Beef beef bone broth lamb bone broth duck beef kidney eggs dried egg whites lamb liver lamb whole sardine carrots natural flavor organic guar gum salt pumpkin broccoli blueberries sunflower oil salmon oil choline chloride vitamins [vitamin E supplement thiamine mononitrate niacin pyridoxine hydrochloride calcium pantothenate riboflavin supplement vitamin A supplement folic acid biotin vitamin B12 supplement vitamin D3 supplement] minerals [potassium chloride magnesium sulfate zinc amino acid chelate iron amino acid chelate manganese amino acid chelate copper amino acid chelate potassium iodide] inulin turmeric
Guaranteed analysis	Crude protein (min) 11% · crude fat (min) 5.5% · crude fibre (max) 1.5% · moisture (max) 82%
Dry matter reading	With the water taken out, the same analysis reads 61.1% protein and 30.6% fat. Dry matter is how wet and dry foods can be compared fairly.
Calories	1,101 kcal/kg, 367 kcal per 12.8 oz, as labelled
AAFCO adequacy	ORIJEN® Regional Red Stew Dog Food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.
Price	Not listed. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing, and we had not for this recipe when the label was read.

How the score breaks down

Signal	Points	What the label shows
First ingredient	20 / 20	Beef, a named whole animal protein, opens the panel.
Animal protein depth, first 10 ingredients	15 / 15	8 of the first ten ingredients are named animal ingredients.
Protein level for the life stage	15 / 15	Crude protein reads 61.1% on a dry matter basis (water removed), read against the adult maintenance stage the label claims.
Fat level fit	3 / 10	Crude fat reads 30.6% on a dry matter basis (water removed).
Whole foods versus filler-flagged ingredients	10 / 10	None of the rubric's flagged ingredients appears in the first ten.
Artificial colours and preservatives	10 / 10	No artificial colours, colour-retention chemicals or artificial preservatives appear in the panel.
AAFCO adequacy basis	7 / 10	Formulated to meet AAFCO profiles for the stated stage (adult maintenance).
FDA recall history	10 / 10	No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check.
Price tier	Not scored	Not scored in this round. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing.
Total	90 / 100	Scaled from 90 of 100 available points. Stars are the score divided by 20, rounded to the nearest half. The method is published in full on the dog food hub.

Ingredient notes: the first ten, one by one

Definitions below are written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions in our own words. They describe what an ingredient is, never what a brand claims about it.

Beef. Beef is the named meat in fresh form. Panel order is set by weight before cooking, and fresh meat is mostly water, so its share of the finished food is smaller than its place at the top suggests.
beef bone broth. beef bone broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavour and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
lamb bone broth. lamb bone broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavour and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
duck. duck is the named meat in fresh form. Panel order is set by weight before cooking, and fresh meat is mostly water, so its share of the finished food is smaller than its place at the top suggests.
beef kidney. beef kidney is organ tissue from a named animal. Organs are dense in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, and they are a normal part of what a dog is built to eat.
eggs. eggs brings protein with a complete amino acid profile and is easy for dogs to digest, which is why it turns up in most strong panels.
dried egg whites. dried egg whites has already had its water taken out before it is weighed in, so a kilo of it stands for several kilos of the fresh meat. It is one of the most protein dense forms an ingredient can take.
lamb liver. lamb liver is organ tissue from a named animal. Organs are dense in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, and they are a normal part of what a dog is built to eat.
lamb. lamb is the named meat in fresh form. Panel order is set by weight before cooking, and fresh meat is mostly water, so its share of the finished food is smaller than its place at the top suggests.
whole sardine. whole sardine is a named fish, bringing animal protein and, in oily species, omega 3 fats. Fish first panels suit dogs that react to land meats.

Who it suits

Owners who want a named whole meat, not a meal or a plant, at the top of the panel
Picky eaters and older dogs: wet food smells stronger and is easier to chew
Owners who put a clean FDA recall record near the top of their list

Who should skip it

Owners who specifically want a food proven in feeding trials rather than by formulation
Large dog homes on a budget: wet food takes several cans a day at big-dog calories

The brand's recall record

No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check of FDA recall records. That is a statement about what we could verify, not proof of a perfect history.

See the full dog food recall tracker for recent events across all brands.

Other Orijen recipes we scored

Recipe	Score / 100	Protein	Format
Original	98	38%	Dry food
Six Fish	98	40%	Dry food
Regional Red	98	38%	Dry food
Tundra	98	40%	Dry food
Puppy Large	98	38%	Dry food
Small Breed	98	38%	Dry food
Amazing Grains Original	98	38%	Dry food
Amazing Grains Regional Red	98	38%	Dry food
Amazing Grains Puppy Large	98	38%	Dry food
Wild Reserve Free-Run Chicken	98	38%	Dry food
Wild Reserve Free-Run Chicken & Grain	98	38%	Dry food
Wild Reserve Wild-Caught Fish	98	40%	Dry food

Those are the twelve highest scoring of the 43 other Orijen recipes we scored. The full comparison, flagship review included, is on the Orijen brand review.

Feeding it

Switch foods gradually over about a week, mixing more of the new food into the old each day. Portion by calories, not by the look of the bowl: our feeding calculator works out a daily amount from your dog's weight, and this recipe's calorie line above is the number it needs.

What that means at the bowl, for a typical neutered adult (resting energy 70 times body weight to the power 0.75, times 1.6; treats come out of the same budget):

Dog's weight	Daily energy	Of this recipe, at 367 kcal a can
3 kg	about 255 kcal	about 0.7 cans
10 kg	about 630 kcal	about 1.7 cans
20 kg	about 1,059 kcal	about 2.9 cans
30 kg	about 1,436 kcal	about 3.9 cans

Puppies, pregnant dogs and very active dogs need more; older and weight watching dogs need less. The calculator linked above adjusts for those cases.

Orijen Regional Red Stew with Shredded Beef & Lamb: our recipe review