Canine Choice

Canine Choice Senior Light: Small Breed Lamb (7kg) review

Name: Canine Choice Senior Light: Small Breed Lamb (7kg)
Brand: Canine Choice

61/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A grain-free lamb kibble for the older dog who has put on a little padding, in our Good band. It goes about the weight with L-carnitine at 300 mg/kg and the joints with glucosamine at 350 mg/kg and chondroitin at 250 mg/kg, both stepped up.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors that gain weight easily, with fat held to 12.5%
Older joints taking the strain while the weight comes off
Grain-free homes: sweet potato and peas do the work
Small dogs in the same boat, who have their own 7kg edition
Owners who would like a slimming food that does not feel like a diet food

Worth watching

Plants carry a real share of the protein, with pea protein above the dehydrated lamb
Chicken fat and fish oil, so not for strict chicken or fish avoidance
Light is moderate here, at 350 kcal per 100g, so the scoop still decides the weight loss

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

How this scores

How we score

61/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs, with a separate small breed bag. Set the portion from the target weight, and agree that number with your vet.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Canine Choice Senior Light 61.3
Small Breed Lamb (7kg) 61.0

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A well-declared recipe and a purposeful additive panel earn the score; the meat is held back on purpose in a weight-control food.

What's in it

Fresh lamb35%Mostly water as it goes in, so a smaller share survives cooking.
Sweet potato17.5%
Pea proteinTops the protein up without adding fat, so not every gram of protein is animal.
Dehydrated lamb7%The modest dried backup to the fresh lamb.
Peas, apple pulp7% eachWith the sweet potato, the carbohydrate. No grain anywhere.
Dehydrated carrot, hydrolyzed lamb liver, dehydrated cranberry0.45%, 3%, 0.08%
Chicken fat, brewer's yeast, fish oil, mineralsChicken and fish join the lamb here.
Chicory, MOSThe prebiotic pair.
Camomile, parsley, rosehips, sea algae, rosemary, cloves
Glucosamine, cartilage, yucca schidigera350 and 250 mg/kgThe joint pair, stepped up for an older dog carrying weight.

L-carnitine at 300 mg/kg for fat metabolism, vitamin C at 400 mg/kg and vitamin E at 550 mg/kg, a Bacillus subtilis probiotic and a full mineral panel.

Pea protein sits above the dehydrated lamb on the list.

Named ingredients

Fresh lamb (35%), sweet potato (17.5%), pea protein, dehydrated lamb (7%), peas (7%), apple pulp (7%), dehydrated carrot (0.45% equivalent to 4% carrots), hydrolyzed lamb liver (3%), dehydrated cranberry (0.08% equivalent to 0.75% cranberries), chicken fat, brewer's yeast, fish oil, minerals, chicory (source of fos), mannan-oligosaccharides (mos), camomile, parsley, rosehips, sea algae, rosemary, cloves, glucosamine (350 mg/kg), cartilage (a source of chondroitin 250 mg/kg), yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Feeding guide: From 26 grams a day at 1kg to 148 grams at 10kg; The main edition runs up to 70kg dogs.
Recipe: Same lamb recipe; Identical in both editions.

Same food, sized and tabled for a small dog.

One recipe in two bags: the main edition for medium and large dogs and a 7kg small breed edition. The label, the analysis and the additive panel are identical. Fresh lamb leads at 35% with sweet potato, peas and apple pulp carrying the carbohydrate, and chicken fat with fish oil supplying the essential fats.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.25%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13.6%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

47%

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

45%

Carbs

36.3%

Veg

12%

Oils

2.3%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size