Canine Choice

Canine Choice Premium Senior review

Name: Canine Choice Premium Senior
Brand: Canine Choice

62.5/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Canine Choice keeps its rice-and-barley construction and turns the dials an older dog needs turned. Fat comes down to 9.5%, glucosamine goes up to 500 mg/kg, and salmon oil brings the omegas. Chicken leads at 40%, split between dried and fresh, and the food sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An older dog starting to thicken around the middle, with fat at 9.5% and a moderate 330 kcal per 100g
Creaky joints: glucosamine and chondroitin are both dosed on the label
Dogs that have always done well on chicken and rice
Easing a dog from adult to senior feeding, as the label covers both

Worth watching

Chicken and salmon oil, so no use on a chicken-free or fish-free plan
Carbohydrate estimated at 49.9% of dry matter. For a sedentary senior treat the guide as a ceiling

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

How this scores

How we score

62.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Older dogs often need less than the estimate, so let condition lead the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Canine Choice Premium Senior 62.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Declaration earns its place: percentages against the meats and doses against the extras.

What's in it

Chicken (dried chicken, freshly prepared chicken)40% (26%, 14%)The dried share does the heavy lifting, its water already gone.
Rice30%
Barley19%With the rice, the trade for the lower fat.
Peas, beet pulp3% eachGentle fibre for older digestion.
Chicken fat2%The only added fat besides the oils.
Salmon oil, linseed1% eachMarine omega 3s.
Minerals
Chicory (FOS), MOS1000mg/kg eachPrebiotics to keep an older gut ticking over.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate500mg/kg, 100mg/kgThe senior point of the recipe.
Yucca100mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

40% Chicken (dried chicken 26%, freshly prepared chicken 14%), rice (30%), barley (19%), peas (3%), beet pulp (3%), chicken fat (2%), salmon oil (1%), linseed (1%), minerals, chicory (source of prebiotic fos) (1000mg/kg), mannanoligosaccharides (source of prebiotic mos) (1000mg/kg), glucosamine (500mg/kg), yucca (100mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (100mg/kg).

Against the range

One senior kibble on the brand's rice-and-barley build, with fat trimmed, joint support dosed and a little salmon oil added. Moisture is not printed, so dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330.5 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

49.9%

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%

Carbs

55%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size