Arden Grange

Arden Grange VetCare Weight Control Dry review

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.

This VetCare weight control kibble from Arden Grange is turkey led and heavily fibred. It is for a dog on a slimming plan agreed with their vet.

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Arden Grange's VetCare weight control kibble, made for a dog on a slimming plan agreed with their vet. Turkey makes up 38% of the recipe and is the only meat named. There is no added oil, and fibre comes from two separate sources.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a vet-agreed reducing plan
Owners avoiding other species: turkey is the only meat, and the meal is named as turkey
Heavier dogs, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin on the list
A dosed additive panel, including L-carnitine at 1000mg and taurine at 1500mg per kilo

Worth watching

Fibre at 7.6% of dry matter, so more comes back out than on an ordinary diet
No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size on a weight plan. The label puts a 15kg dog on 225 grams a day.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

What's in it

Fresh turkey, turkey meat meal26%, 12% (turkey 38%)The only meat. Whatever fat the food has arrives with it.
Sweet potato35%Carries the bulk.
Chickpeas8%
Pumpkin
Pea fibre5%One of two fibre sources.
Lucerne, turkey gravygravy 2%
Algae (high DHA), psyllium husk, mineralsPsyllium is the second fibre source.
MOS, FOS0.2% eachA prebiotic pair.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate0.2%, 0.2%, 0.1%A joint element, common on foods for heavier dogs.
Sunchoke, dried berries, yucca extractYucca is usually there with stool odour in mind.

L-carnitine, taurine, DL-methionine and L-tryptophan, with vitamins A, D3 and E and trace minerals partly as amino acid chelates.

No added oil or fat anywhere on the ingredient list.

Named ingredients

Turkey 38% (fresh turkey 26%, turkey meat meal 12%), sweet potato 35%, chickpeas 8%, pumpkin, pea fibre 5%, lucerne, turkey gravy 2%, algae (high DHA*), psyllium husk, minerals, mannan-oligosaccharides (prebiotic MOS) 0.2%, fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS) 0.2%, glucosamine 0.2%, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) 0.2%, chondroitin sulphate 0.1%, sunchoke, dried blackberries 0.02%, dried raspberries 0.02%, dried blueberries, dried blackcurrants, dried elderberries, dried chokeberries, yucca extract. Carbohydrate sources: sweet potato, chickpeas.

Against the range

A turkey-led, heavily fibred kibble with no added oil or fat on the list. Fat is 8% as fed and energy is declared at 316 kcal per 100g, with pea fibre and psyllium husk behind the 7% crude fibre.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

316 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

7.6%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.1%

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

40%

Carbs

48.2%

Veg

Other

5.8%

Pricing & size