Applaws

Applaws Adult Large Breed review

Name: Applaws Adult Large Breed
Brand: Applaws

71.7/100Excellent

DryAdult

A chicken-led, potato-based kibble that takes a big dog's size seriously, and it earns our Excellent band. Leading with chicken meal is quietly honest: it goes into the oven already dried, so its weight survives cooking. Glucosamine and chondroitin are printed at 300 mg/kg apiece.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults, the dogs it is portioned and shaped for
Heavy joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin each at 300 mg/kg
Dogs that do better without cereal
Meat-first shoppers. Chicken at 43.6% leads, with egg and brewer's yeast behind

Worth watching

Salmon oil brings fish into the recipe
Fat and gravy listed as poultry, not a named bird
Vitamins and minerals on one line with no individual doses

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

How this scores

How we score

71.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. The label's table starts at 280 to 380 grams a day for dogs between 20kg and 30kg, so weigh your dog before you set the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Applaws Adult Large Breed 71.7

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A large named chicken share, a restrained starch load and joint support dosed in print are what earn the step above the typical kibble.

What's in it

Chicken meal34%Already dried, so its weight survives cooking.
Freshly prepared chicken9.6%
PotatoDoes the binding. No grain on the list.
Dried beet pulpSteady fibre.
Poultry fat, poultry gravyfat 4%No bird named.
Dried peas, dried egg powder, dried brewer's yeastEgg and yeast round out the amino acids and bring B vitamins.
Vitamins and minerals, salmon oilSalmon oil is the marine omega 3.
Dried chicory, yeast wallchicory 0.35%Prebiotic FOS, MOS and beta glucans for the gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate300 mg/kg eachThe large breed thinking, dosed in print.
Seaweed, lucerne and herbs down to paprika, two inactivated Lactobacillus culturesSeasoning.

Vitamins and minerals are declared as a single entry, with no individual doses on the bag.

Named ingredients

Chicken 43.6% (Chicken Meal 34%, Freshly Prepared Chicken* 9.6%), Potato*, Dried Beet Pulp*, Poultry Fat 4%, Poultry Gravy*, Dried Peas*, Dried Egg Powder*, Dried Brewer's Yeast*, Vitamins & Minerals, Salmon Oil, Vegetable Fibres*, Dried Chicory* 0.35% (a Source of Prebiotic FOS), Dried Seaweed*, Lucerne Meal*, Yeast Wall (a source of Beta-Glucans and Prebiotic MOS), Dried Tomato*, Dried Carrot*, Dried Parsley*, Dried Peppermint*, Glucosamine 300 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 300 mg/kg, Dried Yucca Schidigera*, Dried Rosehip*, Dried Basil*, Dried Turmeric*, Cranberry Powder*, Dried Carob*, Dried Ginger*, Dried Dandelion Root*, Inactivated Lactobacillus Helveticus 0.005%, Inactivated Lacticaseibacillus Paracasei 0.005%, Dried Paprika*. *Natural Ingredients.

Against the range

One grain-free recipe. Chicken is declared at 43.6%, split into chicken meal at 34% and freshly prepared chicken at 9.6%, with potato and dried peas carrying the starch. Protein is 35.9% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate 36.4%, against 46.2% typical. A long botanical tail follows, and the vitamins and minerals sit on one collective line.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371.8 kcal/100g

Protein

33%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.9%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

36.4%

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

47%

Added water

8.2%

Carbs

37.1%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

4.5%

Other

2.1%