Canine Choice

Canine Choice Adult Large: Lamb review

Name: Canine Choice Adult Large: Lamb
Brand: Canine Choice

71/100Excellent

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.

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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

71/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Lamb

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 lamb44%The largest fresh share in the range.
Sweet potato14%
Dehydrated lamb11%
Peas7%
Chicken fatAbove the liver here, so lamb-led is the honest description, not lamb-only.
Hydrolysed lamb liver, apple pulp5% each
Dehydrated carrot, dehydrated cranberry, pea proteinPea protein shores up the amino acids.
Brewers yeast, fish oil, minerals
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, iodide and selenite.

Named ingredients

Fresh Lamb (44%), Sweet Potato (14%), Dehydrated Lamb (11%), Peas (7%), Chicken Fat, Hydrolysed Lamb Liver (5%), Apple Pulp (5%), Dehydrated Carrot (0.32%), Dehydrated Cranberry (0.08%), Pea Protein, Brewers Yeast, Fish Oil, Minerals, Chicory, Manan-Oligosaccharides, Camomile, Parsley, Rosehips, Sea Algae, Rosemary, Cloves, Glucosamine (350 mg/kg), Cartilage (250 mg/kg) Yucca Schidigera.

Against the range

Meat: Fresh lamb 44%, dehydrated 11%; 40% and 15% on the chicken, 42% and 13% on the salmon.
Other animals on the label: Chicken fat and fish oil; Fish oil only on the chicken; chicken fat only on the salmon.
Nutritional balance: Average; Good on the chicken.

A sound choice for a lamb-loving dog with no sensitivity to manage.

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

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

42.5%

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

26%

Veg

Oils

4.9%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size