Chapel Farm

Chapel Farm Performance 24 Plus review

Name: Chapel Farm Performance 24 Plus
Brand: Chapel Farm

63.7/100Good

DryAdult

A working-dog kibble that names every ingredient doing the job, unlike its umbrella-labelled stablemates. Chicken meal leads, rice and maize carry the starch, and the extras are aimed squarely at a dog in work. It sits in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners tracking down a sensitivity, who need every ingredient named
Working and sporting dogs, with carnitine to help muscles draw energy from fat
Hard-used joints, given glucosamine at 1000mg/kg and green lipped mussel
Dogs happy on chicken, the only meat here

Worth watching

Chicken as meal and as fat, so not for a chicken-sensitive dog
Salmon oil at 1%, so not fish free
Rice and maize both in the bag

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

How this scores

How we score

63.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The table runs from 180 to 370 grams a day between 10kg and 25kg; let the waistline and the workload set the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chapel Farm Performance 24 Plus 63.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A respectable result for a food in this style, with a fully itemised list setting it apart from its stablemates.

What's in it

Chicken meal26%No water left, so the share carries straight into protein.
Rice, maizeThe starch.
Chicken fatSame bird.
Full fat linseed, alfalfa, peasPlant protein, fibre and omega 3.
Yeast
Salmon oil1%
Salt, glucosamine1000mg/kg glucosamine
Milk thistle, nettle, seaweed, mannan oligosaccharidesMOS for the gut; the herbs season the recipe.
Carnitine, green lipped mussel125mg/kg carnitineFor a body burning fat for fuel, and for joints.
Blackcurrant extract, carrot, beetroot, rosemary0.3% total herbs

Doses printed throughout, with a good slice of the zinc as an amino acid chelate, the easier form to absorb.

Named ingredients

Chicken meal (26% chicken), Rice, Maize, Chicken fat, Full fat linseed, Alfalfa, Peas, Yeast, Salmon oil (1%), Salt, Glucosamine (1000mg/kg), Milk thistle, Nettle, Seaweed, Mannan oligosaccharides, Carnitine (125mg/kg), Green lipped mussel, Blackcurrant extract, Carrot, Beetroot and Rosemary (0.3% total herbs).

Against the range

A single working-dog recipe with every ingredient named: chicken meal at 26%, rice and maize for the starch, chicken fat, and a supplement list running from glucosamine at 1000mg/kg to carnitine at 125mg/kg.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

47.8%

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

39.4%

Carbs

45.2%

Veg

3.1%

Oils

9.9%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size