Canagan

Canagan Small Breed Light / Senior review

Name: Canagan Small Breed Light / Senior
Brand: Canagan

71.3/100Excellent

DryAdult

Canagan's small breed chicken recipe with the dial turned down for dogs that need less from dinner. The meat stays, the fat comes down, and the joint supplements arrive at the heaviest doses in the brand's small breed line. It sits in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs carrying extra padding
Older small dogs, with glucosamine and MSM dosed at 1,440 mg/kg each
Dogs kept off fish: no fish or fish oil on the label
A dog moving across from Canagan's standard small breed food, since the chicken base stays familiar

Worth watching

Over half the recipe is chicken, for a dog that reacts to it
Moisture not declared, so the dry matter figures are worked on an assumption
A light food still needs the scales at dinner time

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

How this scores

How we score

71.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults, and suited to older ones. The label asks 50 grams a day at 3kg, so weigh the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Canagan Small Breed Light / Senior 71.3

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A strong finish for a light recipe, because the chicken stays put and the trimming happens on the fat line.

What's in it

Freshly prepared free range chicken27%Much of it is water.
Dried chicken27%Does more than its share suggests.
Sweet potato, potato, peasThe starch. No grain anywhere.
Alfalfa
Dried egg3%Tops up protein quality.
Chicken fat, chicken gravy2.3%, 1.5%
Glucosamine, MSM1,440mg/kg eachPrinted levels well beyond a token sprinkle.
Apple, carrot, spinach, seaweed
Fructooligosaccharides, psylliumFor digestion.
Chondroitin sulphate, peppermint, camomile, marigold, cranberry, aniseed, fenugreek1,050mg/kg chondroitinThe herbs season the recipe.

The vitamin and mineral additive panel is not transcribed on this label.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Free Range Chicken (27%), Dried Chicken (27%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Peas, Alfalfa, Dried Egg (3%), Chicken Fat (2.3%), Chicken Gravy (1.5%), Glucosamine (1,440mg/kg), MSM (1,440mg/kg), Apple, Carrot, Fructooligosaccharides, Spinach, Psyllium, Seaweed, Chondroitin Sulphate (1,050mg/kg), Peppermint, Camomile, Marigold, Cranberry, Aniseed & Fenugreek.

Against the range

One grain-free small breed recipe on chicken, 27% freshly prepared and 27% dried, with sweet potato, potato and peas for the starch. Fat is trimmed to 14% while protein holds at 37.0% of dry matter. Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%. Glucosamine and MSM come at 1,440 mg/kg apiece, with chondroitin sulphate at 1,050 mg/kg.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

34%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

35.3%

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

58.5%

Carbs

32.4%

Veg

Oils

2.3%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size