Chudleys

Chudleys Grain Free: Chicken & Vegetables review

Name: Chudleys Grain Free: Chicken & Vegetables
Brand: Chudleys

65.2/100Good

DryAdult

The brand's most modern recipe and its strongest showing, a Good chicken kibble with the traditional wheat base swapped for peas and potatoes. Leading with chicken meal is quietly honest, since the headline survives cooking. Grain free does not mean carbohydrate free: the estimate is 47.3% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that struggle with grain
Chicken-first dogs, with no other meat on the list
Joint-conscious owners: glucosamine and green lipped mussel are both in
Owners who want everything itemised, down to sage at 0.1%

Worth watching

Chicken as meal, fresh meat and fat, so no use for a chicken-reactive dog
Salmon oil puts fish on an otherwise chicken label
No moisture declared, so dry matter figures assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

65.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label suggests 160 to 310 grams a day across the 10kg to 25kg bracket, so weigh the first bags.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 65.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The guaranteed chicken minimum helps; the starch share still does plenty of the work.

What's in it

Chicken mealWater already gone, so the headline survives cooking.
Dried peas, dried potatoesThe starch, in place of wheat.
Chicken fat, freshly prepared chickenmin 35% total chicken
Beet pulp, sweet potatoesSweet potato is a well regarded carbohydrate.
Minerals, lucerne
Full fat linseed, salmon oilOmega 3 from plant and marine sides.
Dried apple, fructose and mannan oligosaccharides0.4% applePrebiotics for the gut.
Glucosamine, green lipped musselFor joints, with no doses printed.
Seaweed, sage, milk thistle, dried carrots, yucca0.1% sage
Blackcurrant, rosehip, pomegranate, kale, beetrootmin 44% total vegetablesItemised, though none of it moves the nutrition.

No additives panel is published for this food.

Named ingredients

Chicken meal, Dried peas, Dried potatoes, Chicken fat, Freshly prepared chicken (min 35% total chicken), Beet pulp, Sweet potatoes, Minerals, Lucerne, Full fat linseed, Salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids), Dried apple (0.4%), Fructose and mannan oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, Seaweed, Sage (0.1%), Milk thistle, Dried carrots, Green lipped mussel, Yucca schidigera, Blackcurrant, Rosehip, Pomegranate, Kale, Beetroot (min 44% total vegetables).

Against the range

One grain-free chicken kibble. Chicken meal, freshly prepared chicken and chicken fat bring total chicken to a guaranteed minimum of 35%, and dried peas, dried potatoes and sweet potatoes carry the starch, with vegetables at a minimum of 44%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.75%

Ash

5.75%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

4.1%

Ash

6.2%

Carbs

47.3%

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

44.3%

Carbs

47.4%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

5.8%

Other

Pricing & size