Brit Fresh Chicken with Potato Adult Great Life review

This recipe climbs to our Excellent band while the typical adult dry food waits a band below in Good. The height is earned on substance rather than novelty: a large fresh meat inclusion backed by concentrated dried chicken, supplement-grade joint doses, chelated minerals and a printed probiotic. Transparency reads Outstanding and value Excellent, with protein and processing and nutritional balance both at Good, and the overall impression is a mainstream recipe executed with unusual care.

Ingredients, as declared: Fresh Chicken (40%), Dried Chicken (20%), Potatoes (10%), Chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Oats, Buckwheat (4%), Apples (3%), Beetroot, Salmon Oil, Brewer´s Yeast, Linseed, Chicken Liver, Collagen, Algae, Blackcurrant, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme (0.05%), Marigold, Dandelion, Probiotics (Enterococcus faecium 1x109 CFU), Glucosamine 1,700 mg/kg, Chondroitin sulphate 1,300 mg/kg, Fructo-oligosaccharides 220 mg/kg, β-glucans 200 mg/kg, Mannan-oligosaccharides 180 mg/kg, Yucca 150 mg/kg, Green-lipped Mussel 100 mg/kg.

Fresh chicken at 40% and dried chicken at 20% split the load sensibly. The fresh share brings palatability, and most of its weight cooks off as water. The dried entry arrives concentrated and holds the protein up. That is why the analysis lands at 28% as fed. Chicken liver further down the list is a nutrient-dense flavour booster.

Potatoes at 10% and oats carry the starch, with buckwheat at 4% behind them, and estimated carbohydrate converts to 40.0% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical for adult dry food. The oats keep grain in the recipe, which is no failing for the great majority of dogs.

The joint provision is the standout. Glucosamine at 1,700 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 1,300 mg/kg are doses usually reserved for dedicated mobility diets, and green-lipped mussel at 100 mg/kg plus collagen add further connective-tissue support.

The additive list keeps the standard up. A live probiotic, Enterococcus faecium, is declared on the label. Prebiotic fructo-oligosaccharides at 220 mg/kg and mannan-oligosaccharides at 180 mg/kg feed the gut from the other end of the equation. Beta-glucans at 200 mg/kg support the immune system, L-carnitine is dosed at 500 mg and the minerals come chelated for absorption.

£5.00 a kilo, with a 2.5kg bag to try and a 12kg bag to settle into.

Feeding a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition takes roughly 220 grams a day on the standard estimate of about 840 kcal daily (110 × bodyweight^0.75), which prices the bowl at about £1.10 a day.