Arden Grange

Arden Grange Puppy/junior review

Name: Arden Grange Puppy/junior
Brand: Arden Grange

67.7/100Good

DryPuppy

A long-standing British puppy kibble that earns its place by writing things down. The chicken is named and measured, the calcium is declared, and the prebiotics carry printed doses. Rice and maize take the starch, which suits a household that would sooner raise a pup on cereal than on pulses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium breed puppies, the sizes it is made for
Owners who prefer rice to peas. Rice at 17% does the job grain-free recipes hand to legumes
Lively pups, on 400 kcal per 100g
Anyone who checks the calcium line before buying
Households that like prebiotic amounts printed: FOS at 1050mg/kg and MOS at 465mg/kg

Worth watching

Rice and maize both in the recipe, so not for a grain-free plan
Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin with no amounts given, a lighter touch than the names suggest
Dried krill, which rules it out for a fish-free plan

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

How this scores

How we score

67.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Made for small and medium breed puppies and juniors. Portions move with the pup, so weigh the food and step up the chart as your dog grows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Arden Grange Puppy/junior 67.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A well-named chicken headline and dosed prebiotics lift it a little above the middle of its band; a category-average starch load and undosed joint entries hold it there.

What's in it

Chicken (dried chicken 32%, fresh chicken 5%)37%The dried share has its water gone, so most of it reaches the kibble.
Rice17%Gentle on a young gut and a long-standing puppy choice.
MaizeThe plainer of the two cereals, with no percentage of its own.
Chicken oilFat named to the bird.
Beet pulp
Whole dried egg3%A highly digestible protein.
Dried krillA natural source of long-chain omega 3 and astaxanthin, and the reason fish is on the allergen list.
Chicken digestA broad term for a palatability coating made from chicken.
Whole linseed, yeast, FOS, nucleotides, MOS, yucca extract1.5% linseedPrebiotics printed at 1050mg/kg and 465mg/kg.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate, dried cranberriesNo figures on the joint entries.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, copper and manganese as amino acid chelates, generally better absorbed than oxides and sulphates, and iodine.

Named ingredients

Chicken 37% (dried chicken 32%, fresh chicken 5%), rice 17%, maize, chicken oil, beet pulp, whole dried egg 3%, dried krill, chicken digest, whole linseed 1.5%, yeast, minerals, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 1050mg/kg, nucleotides, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 465mg/kg, yucca extract, glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), chondroitin sulphate, dried cranberries 100mg/kg.

Against the range

A single growth recipe on chicken and rice. The chicken is 37% in all, most of it dried, so it reaches the kibble much as printed. Carbohydrate is estimated at 38.6% of dry matter, almost exactly the typical puppy food. Calcium is declared and converts to 1.41% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

400 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

38.6%

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

48%

Carbs

42%

Oils

5.7%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size