Chapel Farm

Chapel Farm Puppy/Junior review

Name: Chapel Farm Puppy/Junior
Brand: Chapel Farm

65.5/100Good

DryPuppy

An honest chicken kibble for growing dogs, in one big sack, with more considered extras than its plain look suggests: mannan-oligosaccharides at 1250mg/kg, glucosamine at 1000mg/kg, nucleotides and green lipped mussel. The one real gap is calcium, which is not printed. It reads Good for us.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups that do well on chicken, with two declared chicken entries leading
Active youngsters and working-bred pups: fat at 18.0%, around 379 kcal per 100g
Gut and joint extras named with their amounts
Several dogs to feed from one large sack

Worth watching

No calcium figure, though the food is offered for pups of every adult size up to giant
Rice, maize and oats, so not for a grain-free household

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

How this scores

How we score

65.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Match the sack's chart to your pup's weight today and expected adult size, and for a big breed ask Chapel Farm for the calcium figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chapel Farm Puppy/Junior 65.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named chicken in two forms and a dosed supplement tail earn the position; the missing calcium declaration is what most likely holds it back.

What's in it

Chicken meal, freshly prepared chickenmin. 20% eachThe meal reaches the kibble close to its printed figure; the fresh brings the smell.
Rice, maizeA conventional cereal base, level with the typical puppy kibble on carbohydrate.
Prairie mealThe one entry the label does not open up.
Chicken fatCarries most of the energy.
OatsGentle on young digestions.
Yeast (mannan-oligosaccharides)1250mg/kgFor the gut.
Salmon oilDHA and EPA for coat and brain development.
Unmolassed beet pulp, seaweed
Plasma powder, whole egg powderEasily digested protein.
Glucosamine, FOS, nucleotides, green lipped mussel, yucca, blackcurrant, kale, beetroot, rosemary1000mg/kg glucosamine

Vitamins A, D and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc in two forms and selenium as sodium selenite, all dosed.

No calcium figure on the label, and the food is offered for giant-breed puppies too.

Named ingredients

Chicken (chicken meal min 20%, freshly prepared chicken min 20%), rice, maize, prairie meal, chicken fat, oats, yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides 1250mg/kg), salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids DHA & EPA), unmolassed beet pulp, seaweed, plasma powder, whole egg powder, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, glucosamine (1000mg/kg), fructose oligosaccharides, nucleo-tides, green lipped mussel powder, yucca shidigera, blackcurrant, kale, beetroot, rosemary.

Against the range

One chicken growth kibble sold in a single large sack. Chicken meal and freshly prepared chicken open the list at a minimum of 20% each, then rice, maize, prairie meal and oats carry the starch. The supplement tail prints its doses, and the analysis gives no calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

19.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

39%

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

39.7%

Carbs

47.9%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

4.5%

Other

7.4%

Pricing & size