Canine Choice

Canine Choice Adult Large: Chicken review

Name: Canine Choice Adult Large: Chicken
Brand: Canine Choice

71.9/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free range for big dogs, three headline meats in a single 12kg bag, all three in our Excellent band. Each opens on a substantial fresh share and backs it with the same animal dried, so the dried entries quietly do much of the protein work. A joint pairing is printed on every label.

See it on eBay

Affiliate link. Off the Leash may earn a commission from purchases on eBay, at no cost to you.

Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults, the frame the kibble and the feeding guide are pitched at
Joint support as standard, on every variety
Grain-free diets. Sweet potato and peas carry the starch
Fussy big eaters, with a hydrolysed take on each recipe's own meat to make the bowl harder to resist

Worth watching

Chicken fat in all three and fish oil in two, so none can anchor a strict elimination diet
No moisture declared, so our dry matter working assumes the usual 8%
One 12kg bag only, which makes the first purchase the trial run

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

How this scores

How we score

71.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. A genuinely big dog eats a good deal more than our 15 kg reference, so start from the label's own table.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salmon 73.0
Chicken 71.9
Lamb 71.0

All three Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The spread between the three is small, so let your dog's history with each meat decide.

What's in it

Fresh chicken40%Most of this weight leaves in cooking.
Sweet potato16%
Dehydrated chicken15%Does much of the protein work.
Peas, apple pulp9.5% and 6%
Hydrolysed chicken liver5%A palatant.
Dehydrated carrot, dehydrated cranberry0.32% and 0.08%Spelt out with their fresh equivalents: 3% carrots, 0.75% cranberries.
Chicken fat, brewer's yeast, fish oil, mineralsThe fish oil is the one animal outside the headline.
Chicory, mannan-oligosaccharides, camomile, parsley, rosehips, sea algae, rosemary, cloves, yuccaPrebiotics first; the herb tail is seasoning.
Glucosamine, cartilage350 and 250 mg/kgThe cartilage is the chondroitin source. Large breed thinking, on every label.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with zinc as oxide and the rest as sulphates and selenite, plus a Bacillus subtilis probiotic.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (40%), sweet potato (16%), dehydrated chicken (15%), peas (9.5%), apple pulp (6%), hydrolyzed chicken liver (5%), dehydrated carrot (0.32% equivalent to 3% carrots), dehydrated cranberry (0.08% equivalent to 0.75% cranberries), chicken fat, brewer's yeast, fish oil, minerals, chicory (source of fos), mannan-oligosaccharides, camomile, parsley, rosehips, sea algae, rosemary, cloves, glucosamine (350 mg/kg), cartilage (a source of chondroitin 250 mg/kg), yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Additive panel: Fullest, with a Bacillus subtilis probiotic; No probiotic printed on the lamb or salmon.
Protein, dry matter: 29.3%; 28.3% on the other two.
Pea protein: None; Listed on the lamb and salmon.

The most fully declared of the three, with the highest protein.

Every recipe is built the same way. A fresh share of 40% to 44% opens the label, the same animal returns dried at 11% to 15%, and a hydrolysed liver or fish entry at 5% completes the meat block. Sweet potato and peas carry the starch with apple pulp for fibre, and no grain appears.

Chicken fat runs through all three and fish oil through the chicken and lamb. Glucosamine and cartilage-sourced chondroitin are printed on every label. Protein lands between 28.3% and 29.3% of dry matter and carbohydrate between 42.2% and 42.5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

16%

Fibre

3.25%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

42.2%

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

60%

Carbs

25.5%

Veg

9.6%

Oils

1.7%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size