Canine Choice

Canine Choice Adult Small: Lamb review

Name: Canine Choice Adult Small: Lamb
Brand: Canine Choice

76.5/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A denser, grain-free kibble for little dogs, at 400 kcal per 100g, with chicken, lamb and salmon versions all in our Excellent band. The dehydrated meat share is large enough to matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed dogs
Busy little dogs that need calories in a small bowl
Dogs that struggle with grain
Joint cover started early, with glucosamine and chondroitin dosed on every label

Worth watching

Chicken fat in all three, and fish in all three
Energy packed tight, so keep portions honest for a quiet small dog
No moisture figure; the dry-matter numbers assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

76.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. The chicken label's guide runs from 14 grams a day for a 0.5kg dog to 135 grams at 10kg, so weigh rather than scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 76.5
Chicken 76.3
Salmon 75.7

All three Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The spread across the three is small enough that flavour preference can safely decide it.

What's in it

Fresh lamb38%
Dehydrated lamb17%
Peas, pea proteinpeas 7%They do the binding here.
Hydrolysed lamb liver5%The natural palatant.
Apple pulp, carrot, sweet potato, cranberry4% down to 1%Sweet potato is only 1% in this one.
Chicken fat, fish oilLamb leads but does not travel alone.
Brewer's yeast, minerals, chicory (FOS), MOSPrebiotics for the gut.
Camomile, parsley, rosehips, sea algae, rosemary, cloves, yuccaA garnish at trace level.
Glucosamine, cartilage (chondroitin)300 and 200 mg/kgJoint support printed, not implied.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with six trace elements, each dosed.

No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures use an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

Fresh Lamb (38%), Dehydrated Lamb (17%), Peas (7%), Hydrolyzed Lamb Liver (5%), Apple Pulp (4%), Dehydrated Carrot (0.33% Equivalent To 3% Carrots), Sweet Potato (1%), Dehydrated Cranberry (0.08% Equivalent To 0.75% Cranberries), Chicken Fat, Pea Protein, Brewer's Yeast, Fish Oil, Minerals, Chicory (Source of FOS), Mannan-Oligosaccharides (MOS), Camomile, Parsley, Rosehips, Sea Algae, Rosemary, Cloves, Glucosamine (300 mg/kg), Cartilage (a Source of Chondroitin 200mg/kg), Yucca Schidigera.

Against the range

Meat: Lamb, 38% fresh and 17% dehydrated; Chicken or salmon on the others
Sweet potato: 1%; 18% chicken, 13.5% salmon
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.3%; 35.0% to 36.9%

The obvious pick for a small dog that does best on red meat.

Three grain-free small-breed kibbles on one construction: a named meat as fresh plus dehydrated, a hydrolysed palatant from the same animal, sweet potato and peas for carbohydrate. Glucosamine at 300 mg/kg, chondroitin at 200 mg/kg, FOS and MOS appear on every label, and chicken fat on all three.

Protein converts to 31.5% to 32.6% of dry matter and carbohydrate to an estimated 35.0% to 36.9%. No label declares moisture.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

400 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

36.3%

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

60%

Carbs

12.6%

Veg

14.7%

Oils

4.5%

Other

8.2%

Pricing & size