Arden Grange

Arden Grange Sensitive Grain Free Puppy review

Name: Arden Grange Sensitive Grain Free Puppy
Brand: Arden Grange

57.1/100Good

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Flavour

A grain-free pair for growing dogs whose digestion needs an easier ride, both in our Good band. One bag is led by fresh venison, an uncommon meat in a growth food, the other by ocean white fish backed with fish meal. Protein is declared at 29.0% on each.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who do better on a single named meat
Owners hunting for an uncommon protein in a growth food
Households feeding no grain at all
Pups whose joints are worth looking after early: glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin on each label
Owners who like to see the extras itemised with their doses

Worth watching

Refined chicken oil in both, so neither anchors a strict chicken-free elimination plan
Krill on both lists, which puts fish into the venison bowl
Calcium printed on the fish bag only, and above the usual large-breed level

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

How this scores

How we score

57.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup heading to a large or giant frame, settle the calcium question with the maker or your vet before choosing either bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Venison

The score, in context

Arden Grange Sensitive Grain Free Puppy 57.1
Ocean White Fish 53.0

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The venison edges in front on a fuller label, while the fish recipe carries more finished animal protein through its fish meal.

What's in it

Fresh venison30%The only meat named.
Sweet potato, potato16%, 13%No cereal of any kind.
Potato protein, pea proteinPlant proteins lifting the analysis, without the amino acid profile of meat.
Yeast, refined chicken oilThe chicken oil means this is not chicken free.
Beet pulp, whole egg powder, whole linseedLinseed brings plant omega 3.
Vegetable stock, dried krillKrill puts a little sea life in a venison bowl.
Minerals, citrus extracts, FOS, MOS, yucca extract0.1% citrus
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate
Dried elderberries, rosehips, black pepper, blackcurrants, blackberries340 to 190mg/kgSeasoning, with every dose printed.
Blueberries, raspberries, curcumin, cranberries, nucleotides150 to 100mg/kg

Taurine and L-Carnitine at printed doses, with zinc, copper and manganese as amino acid chelates.

No calcium figure on this bag. For a pup heading to a large or giant frame, ask Arden Grange for it.

Named ingredients

Fresh venison 30%, sweet potato 16%, potato 13%, potato protein, pea protein, yeast, refined chicken oil, beet pulp, whole egg powder, whole linseed, vegetable stock, dried krill, minerals, citrus extracts (0.1%), (prebiotic) fructooligosaccharides FOS, (prebiotic) mannan-oligosaccharides MOS, dried elderberries (340mg/kg), dried rosehips (230mg/kg), yucca extract, glucosamine, (MSM) methylsulfonylmethane, black pepper (200mg/kg), dried blackcurrants (200mg/kg), dried blackberries (190mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate, dried blueberries (150mg/kg), dried raspberries (150mg/kg), curcumin (100mg/kg), dried cranberries, nucleotides.

Against the range

Meat: Fresh venison 30%; Fish: fresh fish 23% plus fish meal 18%
Plant protein: Potato and pea protein; Potato protein only
Calcium: Not printed; Fish 1.74% of dry matter
Moisture: Declared, 9.0%; Not declared on the fish bag

The shorter list of the two, and the one for a pup that has already reacted to the usual birds.

Both recipes leave cereal out, with sweet potato at 16% leading the starch and potato behind it. One species leads each bowl, venison or ocean white fish, but refined chicken oil and krill appear on both lists. Potato protein tops up the analysis in each. The tails are unusually well itemised, from elderberries at 340 mg/kg down to curcumin at 100 mg/kg, with prebiotics, nucleotides and a joint set on both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

379 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

39.6%

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

32.5%

Added water

0.8%

Carbs

59.6%

Oils

2.3%

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size