Arden Grange

Arden Grange Mini Adult: Lamb & Rice review

Name: Arden Grange Mini Adult: Lamb & Rice
Brand: Arden Grange

63.2/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Arden Grange's familiar formula scaled down for toy and small breeds, in lamb or chicken. The meat is declared meal first, which is the honest way round. Both varieties sit inside our Good band, a fraction apart, with transparency reading Outstanding on each.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breed adults: kibble and feeding guide drawn for them
Busy little dogs, at 382 or 384 kcal per 100g
A red meat option for a small dog, in the lamb
Small dogs heading for their later years, with a joint trio in both

Worth watching

Chicken oil and chicken digest in both, so the lamb still contains chicken
Krill in each, so neither is fish free
Rice and maize take a fair slice of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

63.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for toy and small adults. The label asks just 55 to 85 grams a day for a dog of 3kg to 5kg, so weigh the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 63.2
With Fresh Chicken 62.9

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A fraction separates the two, matched pillar for pillar, with the lamb keeping the slender edge.

What's in it

Lamb meat meal29%Water already out, so the figure survives cooking.
Fresh lamb5%
Rice26%Leads the starch.
Maize
Refined chicken oilChicken in a lamb bag, which rules it out for an elimination diet.
Beet pulpFibre.
Whole dried egg, chicken digest, krillKrill brings omega fats, and means no variety is fish free.
Yeast, whole linseed, minerals
Prebiotic FOS and MOS, yucca extract
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, cranberries, nucleotidesJoint trio with no doses printed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E are the only additives given figures.

Named ingredients

Lamb (lamb meat meal 29%, fresh lamb 5%), rice 26%, maize, refined chicken oil, beet pulp, whole dried egg, chicken digest, yeast, whole linseed, krill, minerals, prebiotic FOS, prebiotic MOS, yucca extract, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, cranberries, nucleotides.

Against the range

Meat: Lamb meat meal 29%, fresh lamb 5%; Chicken meat meal 27% on the other.
Fat, as fed: 16%; 15% on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 43.0%; 46.2% on the chicken.

The red meat pick and the slightly richer bag, with the narrow edge on our scoring.

Both varieties declare their meat meal first, lamb at 29% or chicken at 27%, with 5% fresh meat behind it, and both reach 25% protein as fed. Rice at 26% leads the starch with maize behind.

The support list is shared: refined chicken oil, beet pulp, whole dried egg, chicken digest, krill and whole linseed, then FOS and MOS and the glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin trio without printed doses. Calcium differs: 1.74% of dry matter on the lamb, 1.2% on the chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.7%

Carbs

43%

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

38.4%

Carbs

52.8%

Oils

6.1%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size