Aatu

Aatu For Dogs Dry: Free Run Chicken review

Name: Aatu For Dogs Dry: Free Run Chicken
Brand: Aatu

74.8/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A meat-dense, grain-free kibble that builds one recipe well and then swaps the animal. Each bag declares 80% of a single named species, and a joint supplement trio is dosed in print on every label. All four sit in our Excellent band with very little between them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Most of the bowl from one named animal, declared at 80%
Dogs that do better without grain. Sweet potato, peas and chickpeas carry the starch
Rotation feeding: one construction, four species
Older or stiff-jointed dogs, with glucosamine and MSM at 178 mg/kg and chondroitin at 125 mg/kg
A dog that has gone off the common birds, as there is a duck and a salmon

Worth watching

Salmon oil is in every variety, birds included, so none is fish free
Energy-dense recipes made with active dogs in mind. Watch portions on a sofa dog

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

74.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The check before ordering is fish: salmon oil is on all four labels, so a dog kept off fish cannot have any of them.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Free Run Turkey 76.4
Free Run Duck 75.4
Free Run Chicken 74.8
Salmon 74.0

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

They finish close together, so the protein your dog gets on with should decide.

What's in it

Chicken66%Fresh, so most of its water goes in the oven.
Dried chicken14%Does more of the finished kibble's work than its position suggests.
Sweet potato, tapiocaThe binding starch. No grain and no white potato.
Apple
Chickpeas, peas
MineralsChelated trace minerals, each dosed in print.
Salmon oilThe omega source, and the reason this chicken recipe carries fish.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin178 mg/kg each, 125 mg/kgThe joint trio, dosed on the label.
Lucerne, cranberry, pear, berries, herbs, through to cinnamonAll at trace level: the label's flourish more than its substance.

Vitamin A 18,000 IU, vitamin D3 2,100 IU, vitamin E and L-carnitine at 200 mg each, chelated zinc at 118 mg with iron, copper and manganese, and iodine.

No Bacillus subtilis gut culture on this label; the other three carry one.

Named ingredients

Chicken (66%), Dried Chicken (14%), Sweet Potato, Tapioca, Apple, Chickpeas, Peas, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Glucosamine 178mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 178 mg/kg, Chondroitin 125 mg/kg, Lucerne, Cranberry, Pear, Blueberry, Mulberry, Orange, Bilberry, Cowberry, Carrot, Tomato, Chicory, Parsley, Peppermint, Spirulina, Seaweed, Oregano, Sage, Marjoram, Thyme, Chamomile, Rosehip, Stinging Nettle, Yucca, Marigold, Aniseed, Fenugreek, Cinnamon

Against the range

Meat: Chicken, 66% fresh, 14% dried; Duck, turkey or salmon
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 35.1%, the highest; From 29.4%
Gut culture: None; On the other three

The natural first pick for a dog new to the range.

Every recipe declares 80% of one named species, fresh and dried, on a base of sweet potato, tapioca, peas and chickpeas. There is no grain and no white potato. Salmon oil is the omega source on all four, so the birds carry fish too. The joint trio is printed with its dose on every label, and the trace minerals come as chelates.

Everything after the minerals, from lucerne to cinnamon, sits at trace level. Carbohydrate converts to between 29.4% and 35.1% of dry matter. What changes is the animal and a little of the panel: the Duck, Turkey and Salmon add a Bacillus subtilis gut culture that the Chicken leaves out.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

32%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

7.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

35.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

80%

Carbs

16.7%

Veg

Oils

0.3%

Other

Pricing & size