Arkwrights

Arkwrights Extra review

Name: Arkwrights Extra
Brand: Arkwrights

27.7/100Poor

DryAdult

Flavour

A plain cereal-and-meat kibble that has never pretended to be anything else. Both recipes print a named meat share, let cereals carry the bulk and close on a fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel. For a dog that thrives on simple food, it keeps the job simple.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have always got on with a straightforward beef or chicken kibble
Owners who read the panel: every vitamin and trace element has a dose
Adult dogs from toy breeds to giants
Dogs that need fat kept moderate, at 10% in both

Worth watching

Cereals never itemised, so you cannot tell which grains are inside
Meat and animal derivatives, which may hold other animals beyond the named one

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

How this scores

How we score

27.7/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, from 200 grams a day for a 10kg dog up to 680 for a 45kg one. Read the label closely first if your dog is on an exclusion plan.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Arkwrights Extra 27.7
Sensitive Chicken 25.6

All two Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The low placing is about how little the label declares, with nothing worrying in the bowl itself.

What's in it

CerealsA legal category term. The grain mix can vary.
Meat and animal derivatives (14% beef)14% beefBeef is named; the rest of the share is left open.
Vegetable protein extractsLifts the protein figure. Source not given.
Oils and fatsNo source named.
Minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, iron, iodine, manganese, selenium and zinc dosed, part of the zinc chelated at 18 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Cereals, meat and animal derivatives (14% beef), vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, minerals.

Against the range

Named meat: 14% beef; 14% chicken within a 26% animal share.
Protein: 24% declared; 22% on the Sensitive Chicken.
Chelated zinc: 18 mg/kg; None on the chicken.
Moisture: Declared at 9%; Assumed at 8% on the chicken.

The original recipe and the better declared of the two.

Two recipes on one plain construction. Cereals lead both labels as a category term, so the grain mix can change between batches. The meat is meat and animal derivatives with a named share pinned to it, 14% beef on one and 14% chicken on the other, and vegetable protein extracts behind. Carbohydrate converts to 49.5% and an estimated 52.1% of dry matter. Fat is 10% on both, and every vitamin and trace element is dosed in print.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

326.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

10.4%

Carbs

49.5%

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

28.3%

Carbs

61.9%

Oils

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size