Arden Grange

Arden Grange VetCare Joint Care Dry review

Name: Arden Grange Arden Grange VetCare Joint Care 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.

The VetCare joint care kibble from Arden Grange is a turkey recipe with dosed glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM, made for a dog whose vet is keeping an eye on its mobility.

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The Details

Dog fit

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

What's in it

Ingredients, as declared: Turkey 36% (fresh turkey 26%, turkey meat meal 10%), sweet potato 33%, chickpeas 8%, fish oil, pumpkin 5%, lucerne, linseed, turkey gravy 2%, algae (high DHA*), glucosamine 0.4%, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) 0.4%, chondroitin sulphate 0.3%, minerals, turmeric, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 0.1%, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 0.1%, dried blackberries, dried raspberries, dried blueberries 0.06%, dried blackcurrants 0.06%, dried elderberries, dried chokeberries, rosehips 0.04%, sea buckthorn, green-lipped mussel extract. *Docosahexaenoic acid.

Named ingredients

Turkey 36% (fresh turkey 26%, turkey meat meal 10%), sweet potato 33%, chickpeas 8%, fish oil, pumpkin 5%, lucerne, linseed, turkey gravy 2%, algae (high DHA*), glucosamine 0.4%, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) 0.4%, chondroitin sulphate 0.3%, minerals, turmeric, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 0.1%, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 0.1%, dried blackberries, dried raspberries, dried blueberries 0.06%, dried blackcurrants 0.06%, dried elderberries, dried chokeberries, rosehips 0.04%, sea buckthorn, green-lipped mussel extract. *Docosahexaenoic acid.

Nutritional additives

Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate) 21871IU, Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) 1471IU, Vitamin E (as all-rac-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate) 710mg, L-Carnitine 48mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate, Anhydrous) 0.96mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Chelate of Amino Acids, Hydrate) 60mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Sulphate, Monohydrate) 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 (II) Sulphate, Pentahydrate) 10mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids, Hydrate) 5mg, Selenium (as Sodium Selenite) 0.23mg, DL-Methionine 2500mg.

What's on the label

Turkey accounts for 36% of the recipe and the label splits that figure for you, 26% fresh turkey and 10% turkey meat meal. Sweet potato at 33% is the largest single plant entry, with chickpeas at 8% and pumpkin at 5% behind it, and no grain is named anywhere on the list.

The joint additions are the reason the recipe exists, and every one of them is printed with a figure. Glucosamine sits at 0.4%, MSM at 0.4% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.3%, with green-lipped mussel extract closing the ingredients. Turmeric and a long tail of dried fruit sit between them, blueberries and blackcurrants at 0.06% each and rosehips at 0.04%.

Fish oil comes in high, ahead of the turkey gravy at 2%, and algae is there for DHA. Turkey is the only land animal on the label, so for a dog that also has a sensitivity the entries worth checking are the fish oil and the mussel extract rather than the meat itself.

L-carnitine is dosed at 48mg in the additive panel and DL-methionine at 2500mg, with itemised vitamins and chelated trace minerals printed beside them.

Converted to dry matter, the analysis reads 23.9% protein, 16.3% fat, 3.8% fibre and 8.2% ash, with carbohydrate estimated at 47.8% and energy declared at 373 kcal per 100g. The label works out at roughly 225 grams a day for a 15kg dog. What a dog with joint trouble ought to be eating, and for how long, belongs to the vet who examined it.

Price and where to buy

Two bag sizes are listed, 2kg and 14kg, each also available as a multipack of 4 x 2 kg or 2 x 14 kg.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

373 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

47.8%

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

38.1%

Carbs

41%

Veg

6.7%

Oils

Other

9.2%

Pricing & size