Bosch

bosch Sensible Renal & Reduction review

Name: bosch Sensible Renal & Reduction
Brand: Bosch

39.4/100Average

DryAdult

A deliberately protein-light kibble for dogs advised to go easier on protein, and judged as everyday adult food it lands in our Average band. Millet and dried potato carry the bowl, and named fish meal at 5% supplies the meat side. Protein comes to 14.7% of dry matter, which is the point of it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs advised onto a lower-protein diet, with protein held to 13.5% as fed
Dogs that do well on fish: trout, salmon and sardine meal
Sensitive types that get on with gluten-free millet as the lead grain
Owners who like a long, fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel

Worth watching

A retail recipe, not a prescription diet, so a dog with diagnosed kidney disease changes food under a vet
Poultry fat third on the list, so it is not bird free
Carbohydrate estimated at 66.3% of dry matter, and far too little protein for a hard-working dog

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

How this scores

How we score

39.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with no size given. The one check is that a lower-protein diet is what your dog has actually been advised to eat.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

bosch Sensible Renal & Reduction 39.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Our scale measures general adult nutrition, and this recipe walks away from that target on purpose, so the low pillars are the design showing.

What's in it

MilletAn easily digested, gluten-free grain, and the lead ingredient.
Potatoes (dried)
Poultry fatCarries energy and taste at low protein. Bird is in the bag either way.
Fish meal5%Trout, salmon and sardine meal, named properly. The only animal protein.
Potato protein, protein hydrolysate (vegetarian)Top the protein up without adding more animal.
Beet pulp, flaxseed, yeast, chicory, peas
Fish oilMarine omega 3.
Tomato paste, celery, carrots, apples, cranberries, blueberriesSeasoning level.
Green-lipped mussels (dried)A small joint-friendly appearance, and shellfish on the label.
Seaweed meal, marigold flowers, yucca

A long dosed list, with vitamin E at 600mg and vitamin C at 400mg per kilo, and zinc split between a chelate at 70mg and an oxide at 40mg.

The maker's prose says fish is at least 10% of the protein carriers, but the composition declares fish meal at 5% and lists poultry fat third.

Named ingredients

Millet, potatoes (dried), poultry fat, fish meal (5% of which trout meal, salmon meal, sardine meal), potato protein (dried), beet pulp (desugared), protein hydrolysate (vegetarian), flaxseed, tomato paste (dried), yeast (dried), chicory (dried), peas, celery (dried), calcium carbonate, fish oil, carrots (dried), apples (dried), cranberries (dried), sodium chloride, blueberries (dried), seaweed meal, green-lipped mussels (dried), marigold flowers (dried), yucca (dried). Note. The prose says the protein carriers are "exclusively fish (at least 10 %) and potato protein (at least 3 %)", but the composition declares fish meal 5% and lists poultry fat third; it gives no percentage for potato protein. Printed as published.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355.4 kcal/100g

Protein

13.5%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

4.5%

Dry weight

Protein

14.7%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

66.3%

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

10.2%

Carbs

72.8%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

12.9%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £5.12 (RRP)
Pack: 11.5kg; also sold as "Economy Pack: 2 x 11.5kg" . The description additionally mentions a **3.75** pack ("The 3.75 food pack is equipped with a handy zip") which zooplus.co.uk does **not** stock - reproduced as printed, unit omitted on the page.
A 15kg dog eats: 185 to 215 g a day, 200 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.02

About 200 grams a day for a 15kg adult, or £1.02.

A premium for what the analysis shows, judged as everyday adult food.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.