Bakers

Bakers Senior review

Name: Bakers Senior
Brand: Bakers

32.5/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Bakers' senior bag turns the fat down to 8% for dogs whose pace has eased, and adds beet pulp for fibre. It reads Average with us, about how little named meat the label carries more than anything alarming in the bowl. A settled older dog need not be moved off it on our account.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors thickening round the middle, with fat trimmed to 8%
One bag for an ageing pair, adult and senior alike
Older dogs that need steadier digestion. Dried beet pulp is 2.9%
Any size of senior, toy through giant

Worth watching

Chicken named at 4%, the rest unnamed derivatives, so a meat-sensitive dog has nothing to anchor on
No added glucosamine or chondroitin
Cereals grouped at 55% with no grain named, for a dog that reacts to wheat

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

How this scores

How we score

32.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label spans 165 to 310 grams a day from 10kg to 25kg, so split the difference by watching the waist.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Bakers Senior 32.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Disclosure is the strong point; the small named meat share is what puts the distance between this and the typical adult dry food.

What's in it

Cereals (wholegrains)55%Which grains is not said.
Meat and animal derivatives4% chickenOnly the chicken is named.
Derivatives of vegetable origin2.9% dried beet pulpSoluble fibre for older digestion.
Oils and fatsFat held at 8%.
Glycerol
Vegetable protein extractsPart of the protein figure that is not meat.
Minerals
Dried pea, dried carrot0.3% each
Spirulina0.2%Striking on a label, very little at this dose.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed, in workaday sulphate forms.

Named ingredients

Cereals (wholegrains 55%), Meat and animal derivatives (of which 4% chicken), Derivatives of vegetable origin (of which 2.9% dried beet pulp), Oils and fats, Glycerol, Vegetable protein extracts, Minerals, Vegetables* (of which 0.3% dried pea and 0.3% dried carrot), Spirulina* (0.2%), *natural ingredients, equivalent to 4% rehydrated vegetables

Against the range

One senior kibble on the usual Bakers build: wholegrain cereals at 55% ahead of meat and animal derivatives with 4% chicken. Fat is held at 8%, and carbohydrate works out at 53.8% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

335 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

53.8%

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

24.9%

Carbs

59%

Veg

5.3%

Oils

5.3%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size