Chapel Farm Performance 24 review

Our Average band is where this recipe settles, a step below the Good band the typical adult dry food manages. The scoring reflects the label, not the lifestyle. Several umbrella entries, from the cereals to the derivatives of vegetable origin, keep most of the recipe out of view, so protein and processing reads Poor with nutritional balance and transparency both Average. What the label does name is sensible enough, and for a hard-working dog with no known sensitivities it remains a purposeful feed.

Ingredients, as declared: Cereals (14% oats), Meat & animal derivatives (14% beef), Oils and fats (0.5% Scottish salmon oil), Vegetable protein extracts, Derivatives of vegetable origin, Herbs (0.2% total herbs) & Molluscs & crustaceans (1000mg/kg glucosamine, 200mg/kg green lipped mussel).

Beef leads the named content at 14% inside the meat and animal derivatives entry. Beef is a digestible, palatable red meat, though here it shares the entry with unspecified animals the label never identifies.

Oats at 14% are the one named grain, easily digested once cooked and a decent source of fibre and minerals. The rest of the cereals entry is open, as are the vegetable protein extracts and derivatives of vegetable origin further down. Those terms are broad enough that the recipe can change between batches without the label changing at all.

The joint package is the most convincing part of the small print. Glucosamine at 1000mg/kg is a genuinely meaningful inclusion, and green lipped mussel at 200mg/kg adds a natural source of joint-supporting compounds. A working dog's joints take the most punishment, so the dosing here fits the brief.

Salmon oil at 0.5% supplies omega 3, and the herbs sit at 0.2% as seasoning. The analysis lands where a working feed should: protein at 24% with carbohydrate estimated at 43.0%, or 47.3% of dry matter, close to the 46.2% typical of adult dry food.

£1.85 a kilo, in a single 15kg bag.

Fed to a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition, that works out at roughly 238 grams and £0.44 a day, assuming about 840 kcal daily (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). The bag's own table suggests 200 to 400 grams for dogs from 10kg to 25kg, and a dog in hard work will sit towards the top of it.