Chapel Farm

Chapel Farm Invest 'N' Digest Grain Free: Duck review

Name: Chapel Farm Invest 'N' Digest Grain Free: Duck
Brand: Chapel Farm

63.9/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A digestion-first pair in our Good band, built on a short list with no grain. The original holds salmon as its only animal ingredient, which is rare. The duck version scores a touch higher but brings poultry fat with it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose digestion needs a hand, with FOS and MOS both on the label
Elimination feeders: the salmon recipe names no animal beyond fish
Grain-avoiding homes, since sweet potato, potato and peas carry the starch
Maturing dogs. The salmon label covers seniors too

Worth watching

Unnamed poultry fat and salmon oil in the duck recipe
Starch close to half the dry matter, which suits steady dogs more than hard workers
Salmon supplied dried, hydrolysed and as gravy, not fresh

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

The salmon is listed for adults and seniors of any size, the duck for small adult dogs. Pick by the animal list first if the bowl must hold one protein.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 63.9
Chapel Farm Invest 'N' Digest Grain Free 62.7

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two keep step, with the duck's small edge coming from its protein and balance readings.

What's in it

Duck: dried and fresh34% (26%, 8%)Mostly dried, which survives cooking well.
Dried sweet potatoes, dried potato flakes, dried peas16% each
Poultry fatSpecies not named.
Vegetable stock, linseed, dried beet pulp
Dried brewer's yeast, minerals
Salmon oil0.5%A trace, but it puts fish on the label.
Yeast hydrolysate, dried chicory0.5% eachThe prebiotics: MOS, beta glucans, FOS and inulin.
Yucca schidigera0.03%

Taurine at 1000 mg per kilo and L-carnitine at 500 mg, with the rest of the panel dosed in print.

Poultry fat and salmon oil mean this recipe cannot support a strict single-protein trial.

Named ingredients

Duck (34%, of which dried duck 26% and fresh duck 8%), dried sweet potatoes (16%), dried potato flakes (16%), dried peas (16%), poultry fat, vegetable stock, linseed, dried beet pulp, dried brewer's yeast, minerals, salmon oil (0.5%), yeast hydrolysate (a natural source of MOS and beta glucans) (0.5%), dried chicory (a natural source of FOS and inulin) (0.5%), Yucca schidigera (0.03%).

Against the range

Animals on the label: Duck, unnamed poultry fat, salmon oil; Salmon only in the original
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 44.6%; 46.9% in the salmon
L-carnitine: 500 mg per kilo; 100 mg in the salmon

The slightly stronger scorer of the two, at the cost of the single-animal claim.

Both bags keep grain out and lean on sweet potato, potato flakes and peas at matching shares for the starch. Estimated carbohydrate finishes at 46.9% and 44.6% of dry matter. Chicory and yeast hydrolysate bring the prebiotics, beet pulp the fibre, and taurine is dosed at 1000 mg per kilo in each.

What varies is the animal side: salmon alone in the original, duck with poultry fat and a little salmon oil in the second.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.6%

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

34%

Added water

Carbs

50.5%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

5.1%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size