Applaws

Applaws Senior All Breeds review

Name: Applaws Senior All Breeds
Brand: Applaws

73.3/100Excellent

DryAdultSenior

A senior kibble that keeps the meat ambition of the brand's adult recipes, with chicken declared at 50.4%. Protein stays unusually generous for a senior food, joint support steps up and potato stands in for grain. It reads Excellent on our scale, a step above the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs of any size, toy to giant
Joints given a head start: glucosamine at 400 mg/kg, chondroitin at 300 mg/kg
Seniors that hold muscle better on a meaty bowl, with chicken at half the recipe
Moving an older dog off grain. Potato and dried peas supply the starch

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1.5%, so not a fish-free option
Generous protein; if your vet has asked for a lower-protein diet, follow that first
Poultry gravy and fat with no species named

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

How this scores

How we score

73.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. The label table runs 140 to 240 grams across 10kg to 20kg; measure to the dog you have.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Applaws Senior All Breeds 73.3

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

What earns the placing is refreshingly ordinary: a majority of named chicken, restrained starch and joint doses in print.

What's in it

Chicken meal36.4%Already dried, so the headline holds up after cooking.
Freshly prepared chicken14%Together with the meal, 50.4% chicken.
Potato, dried peasThe starch, grain free.
Poultry gravy, poultry fatNo species named.
Dried egg powderPushes protein the same way as the meat.
Dried beet pulp, vitamins & minerals
Salmon oil1.5%Marine omega 3s.
Chicory, yeast wallchicory 0.35%FOS and MOS for an older digestion.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate400, 300 mg/kgThe senior step-up.
Seaweed through to paprika, two inactivated Lactobacillus cultures0.005% each (cultures)Garnish, never the point.

Vitamins and minerals are one collective line, so individual doses stay off the bag.

Named ingredients

Chicken 50.4% (Chicken Meal 36.4%, Freshly Prepared Chicken* 14%), Potato*, Dried Peas*, Poultry Gravy*, Dried Egg Powder*, Poultry Fat, Dried Beet Pulp*, Vitamins & Minerals, Salmon Oil 1.5%, 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*, Glucosamine 400 mg/kg, Dried Parsley*, Dried Peppermint*, 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

374.4 kcal/100g

Protein

37%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

40.7%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

31.1%

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

55.3%

Added water

7.6%

Carbs

31.6%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

3.1%

Other

1.1%