Arden Grange

Arden Grange VetCare Gastrointestinal Dry review

Name: Arden Grange Arden Grange VetCare Gastrointestinal Dry
Brand: Arden Grange

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Arden Grange sells this one through its VetCare range as a gastrointestinal diet, built around sweet potato and duck for dogs with digestive trouble.

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The Details

Dog fit

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

What's in it

Ingredients, as declared: Sweet potato 43%, duck 34% (fresh duck 26%, duck meat meal 8%), pea protein, luceme, pumpkin 2%, duck digest 2%, whole dried egg 1.7%, fish oil, minerals (electrolytes: sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride), sunchoke, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 0.2%, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 0.2%, chokeberries 0.08%, turmeric. Carbohydrate sources: sweet potato, pumpkin.

Named ingredients

Sweet potato 43%, duck 34% (fresh duck 26%, duck meat meal 8%), pea protein, luceme, pumpkin 2%, duck digest 2%, whole dried egg 1.7%, fish oil, minerals (electrolytes: sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride), sunchoke, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 0.2%, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 0.2%, chokeberries 0.08%, turmeric. Carbohydrate sources: sweet potato, pumpkin.

Nutritional additives

Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate) 21871IU, Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) 14711U, Vitamin E (as all-rac-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate) 710mg, lodine (as Calcium lodate, Anhydrous) 0.96mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Sulphate, Monohydrate) 60mg, Iron (as Iron (I) Chelate of Amino Acids, Hydrate) 35mg, Zinc (as Zinc Sulphate, Monohydrate) 100mg, Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids, Hydrate) 50mg, Manganese (as Manganous Sulphate, Monohydrate) 36mg, Copper (as Copper (1) Sulphate, Pentahydrate) 10mg, Copper (as Copper (1) Chelate of Amino Acids, Hydrate) 5mg, Selenium (as Sodium Selenite) 0.23mg, DL-Methionine 2000mg.

What's on the label

Sweet potato leads the list at 43%, with duck at 34% behind it, split as 26% fresh and 8% meal. Duck is the only named meat, whole dried egg at 1.7% adds a second animal protein, and fish appears as an oil rather than a protein source, which is allergen-relevant without carrying protein here.

Duck digest at 2% is a palatant, a processed coating used to keep an unwell dog interested in eating, which is a practical concern on a food for digestive recovery.

The minerals are itemised as electrolytes, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride and sodium chloride, the sort of package a maker includes where fluid loss is part of the picture. The prebiotic pair, MOS and FOS at 0.2% each, is declared with figures.

Protein converts to 21.7% of dry matter and fat to 10.9%, both low against what an everyday adult kibble declares. That is the intended design of a diet of this kind rather than a shortfall, and whether it fits your dog is your vet's call.

Price and where to buy

It is sold in 2kg and 14kg bags, singly or in multipacks.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

347 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

54.1%

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

37.7%

Carbs

52.8%

Veg

2.4%

Oils

1.8%

Other

5.3%

Pricing & size