Autarky Adult Dry Delicious Chicken review

File this alongside the typical adult dry food: both sit in our Good band, with value, protein and processing and transparency all reading Good, and nutritional balance Average. The construction explains the level. A cereal leads and plant protein tops up the meat, yet the declared chicken minimum and the printed herb percentage keep this label more open than many of its peers.

Ingredients, as declared: Maize, Poultry meal (min 26% chicken), Chicken fat, Rice (min 5%), Chicken liver, Linseed, Oats, Maize gluten, Alfalfa, Yeast, Peas, Minerals, Carrot, Seaweed, Milk thistle, Marigold, Rosemary, Nettle, Mint, Yucca schidigera, Blackcurrant, Pomegranate, Rosehip, Spinach, Beetroot, Fenugreek, Thyme, Carob pod meal, Aniseed, Turmeric, Dandelion, Ginger, Oregano (min 0.4% herbs)

Maize takes first position and rice adds a declared 5% minimum. This is a cereal based feed, and the carbohydrate estimate lands at 51.5% of dry matter, above the 46.2% typical for adult dry food.

The poultry meal is the protein engine, with chicken guaranteed at a 26% minimum inside it. Meal goes into the cooker already dry, so it delivers protein efficiently, and the finished figure converts to a healthy 26.1% of dry matter. Chicken liver and chicken fat follow, both there for palatability as much as nutrition.

Maize gluten is the entry a sensitive dog's owner should notice. It tops up protein from a plant source that dogs make less complete use of than meat protein, a common economy in feeds at this level.

Linseed earns its slot with plant omega 3s, while oats, alfalfa and yeast fill out the middle order respectably.

The herb tail, thirty plus entries with a declared 0.4% minimum, is genuinely distinctive even if the quantities keep it in seasoning territory. Seaweed brings iodine, marigold and rosemary bring antioxidants, and none of it is asked to carry the recipe.

£2.87 a kilo across 2kg and 12kg bags.

Using 110 kcal per kilo of metabolic bodyweight as the standard maintenance yardstick, a 15kg adult in moderate condition needs around 239 grams a day, which comes to roughly £0.69.