Caboodle

Caboodle Weight Control & Joint Care Dry Food review

Name: Caboodle Weight Control & Joint Care Dry Food
Brand: Caboodle

49.7/100Average

DryAdult

A diet kibble that takes the slimming brief seriously, landing in our Average band. Fat is pared to 9%, fibre raised to 8.5%, and L-carnitine dosed at a substantial 1,442 mg. Hydrolysed white fish leads and nothing farmyard appears on the list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs carrying more weight than their joints would like
Dogs off land meats: every animal ingredient is aquatic
Dieting dogs that act starved, with 8.5% fibre filling a smaller ration
Owners who want a slimming food that names and doses what it adds

Worth watching

Lignocellulose at 5.5% bulks the bowl with almost no calories, which can mean larger stools
Joint support from green lipped mussel at 0.3% only, lighter than the name suggests
Pea protein high on the list, so part of the protein is plant

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

How this scores

How we score

49.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A dog on an actual weight loss plan should be portioned to the plan, not the maintenance table.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

White Fish

The score, in context

Caboodle Weight Control & Joint Care Dry Food 49.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A respectable place for a diet recipe, since this one names its fish, doses its additions and keeps the analysis coherent with the job.

What's in it

Freshly prepared hydrolysed white fish26%Hydrolysed: the protein is broken into smaller fragments.
Potato
Hydrolysed dried white fish11.5%
Pea proteinLifts the protein figure from a plainer source.
Sweet potato
Salmon oil5.5%Keeps omega 3 in while overall fat stays low.
Lignocellulose5.5%A processed plant fibre with no nutritional pretensions. In a weight food, that emptiness is the point.
Beet pulp, pea fibre4% each
Hydrolysed salmon gravy, minerals2.5%
Green lipped mussel, marigold0.3%The joint half of the name. Marigold supplies lutein.

L-carnitine at 1,442mg, one of the more generous doses on any label, with vitamins A, D3 and E and a dosed trace mineral panel.

Green lipped mussel is a shellfish.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed White Fish (26%), Potato, Hydrolysed Dried White Fish (11.5%), Pea Protein, Sweet Potato, Salmon Oil (5.5%), Lignocellulose (5.5%), Beet Pulp (4%), Pea Fibre (4%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Green Lipped Mussel (0.3%), Marigold (Source of Lutein).

Against the range

One fish-based slimming kibble. Hydrolysed white fish leads, fresh and dried, and every animal ingredient is aquatic. Potato and sweet potato carry the starch, three fibres push crude fibre to 8.5%, and fat is pared to 9%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

Fibre

8.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

9.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.9%

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

40.3%

Carbs

44.7%

Oils

5.5%

Other

9.5%

Pricing & size