Bentley's

Bentley's Taste Of The Ocean review

Name: Bentley's Taste Of The Ocean
Brand: Bentley's

73.8/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

Bentley's most fish-laden recipe, and it reaches our Excellent band. Protein is declared at 42.5% with the starch kept on a short leash. For a dog that would follow you to the fishmonger before the butcher, it is an easy adult food to defend.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fish-loving dogs: fresh salmon at 31% and fresh trout at 23% lead
Several ages fed from one bag, puppy to senior
Dogs that do best on a meaty bowl, with carbohydrate at an estimated 23.3% of dry matter
Gut-sensitive dogs. A named probiotic strain is dosed, not implied

Worth watching

Dehydrated egg, which rules out strict fish-only elimination feeding
Calcium at 2.07% of dry matter, generous for a large or giant puppy, so it suits smaller pups best

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

How this scores

How we score

73.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size, best as a puppy food for the smaller breeds. A 75g sample size lets you test it before buying a bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Bentley's Taste Of The Ocean 73.8

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Comfortably clear of the typical adult dry food; a high ash figure, one vague fish entry and a narrowing calcium level keep it short of the top band.

What's in it

Fresh salmon, fresh trout31%, 23%Much of their water goes in the oven.
Sweet potato8%The main starch.
Dehydrated fish7.5%Names no species.
Dehydrated herring, dehydrated salmon7%, 6%The dried entries supply much of the finished protein.
Salmon oil5%The fat backbone, with marine omega 3.
Lucerne, lentils, peas3%, 3%, 2%Lucerne adds plant fibre and micronutrients.
Salmon gravy, dehydrated egg1.5% eachEgg is a quiet protein helper, and the reason this is not fish only.
Carrot, minerals, seaweed, linseed, aloe vera1% down to 0.15%
Green lipped mussel, devil's claw, vegetables and herbs0.03% eachA wink of a joint dose. The recipe stands on its fish.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese and iodine as standard salts, plus the probiotic Enterococcus faecium.

Calcium converts to 2.07% of dry matter. As a puppy food it fits the smaller breeds best.

Named ingredients

Fresh Salmon (31%), Fresh Trout (23%), Sweet Potato (8%), Dehydrated Fish (7.5%), Dehydrated Herring (7%), Dehydrated Salmon (6%), Salmon Oil (5%), Lucerne (3%), Lentils (3%), Peas (2%), Salmon Gravy (1.5%), Dehydrated Egg (1.5%), Dehydrated Carrot (1%), Minerals (0.44%), Dehydrated Seaweed (0.29%), Linseed (0.29%), Aloe Vera (0.15%), Dehydrated Broccoli (0.03%), Dehydrated Cranberry (0.03%), Green Lipped Mussel (0.03%), Dehydrated Spinach (0.03%), Tomato Pomace (0.03%), Yucca Extract (0.03%), Dehydrated Green Beans (0.03%), Chicory (0.03%), Devils Claw (0.03%), Marjoram (0.03%), Oregano (0.03%), Parsley (0.03%), Sage (0.03%), Thyme (0.03%)

Against the range

One all-life-stages kibble with fish stacked through the first half of the list: fresh salmon and trout, then dried fish, herring and salmon. Sweet potato, lentils and peas are nearly all the starch, and a named probiotic strain is dosed on the label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

42.5%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

11%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

46.2%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

12%

Carbs

23.3%

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

76.7%

Carbs

12.9%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

4.9%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size