Chudleys

Chudleys Original review

Name: Chudleys Original
Brand: Chudleys

33/100Average

DryAdult

The plainest statement of the Chudleys idea: a traditional cereal and meat ration for busy dogs, sold by the sackful. Wheat leads, poultry meal is declared at a minimum of 14%, and lamb and turkey meals follow. It sits in our Average band, and plenty of dogs rub along contentedly on exactly this.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Busy, unfussy dogs fed for routine
Yard and country homes that like a big sack and a scoop
Dogs that enjoy a bit of everything: poultry, lamb and turkey all contribute
Several very different dogs, with a guide from toy to giant

Worth watching

Wheat leads, and glucose syrup sits mid-list for taste and binding
Poultry, chicken, lamb, turkey and fish all present, so no elimination plan can run on it
Carbohydrate estimated at 56.8% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

33/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults from toy to giant. The bag's table suggests 175 to 350 grams across 10kg to 25kg, so settle the scoop by body condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Chudleys Original 33.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A working-style maintenance ration that is not pretending otherwise: cereals lead, the meats go mostly unquantified and glucose syrup costs it.

What's in it

Flaked whole grain wheat
Poultry mealmin 14%The only meat with a figure. A concentrated dried form, no bird named.
Flaked whole grain maize, whole grain wheat
Chicken fat
Glucose syrupA sugar, for palatability and binding. Most modern recipes manage without it.
Rice, lamb meal, hydrolysed chicken, flaked peasHydrolysed chicken is the palatant.
Wheatfeed, unmolassed beet pulpA milling by-product, and gentle fibre.
Turkey meal, prairie meal, alfalfa
Rapeseed oil, salmon oil, yeast, full fat linseedA blend of fats, and mannan oligosaccharides from the yeast.
Blackcurrant, rosemary, pomegranate, rosehips, yucca, beetroot

No additive panel is published for this recipe.

Named ingredients

Flaked Whole grain wheat, Poultry meal (min 14%), Flaked Whole grain whole grain maize, whole grain wheat, Chicken fat, Glucose syrup, rice Lamb meal, Hydrolysed chicken Flaked peas, Wheatfeed, Unmolassed beet pulp, turkey meal, Prairie meal, Alfalfa, Rapeseed oil, Salmon oil, Minerals, Yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides), Salmon oil, Full fat linseed, Blackcurrant, Rosemary, Pomegranate, Rosehips, Yucca schidigera, Beetroot

Against the range

One cereal-led recipe. Protein holds at 21.7% of dry matter on concentrated meals, while estimated carbohydrate reaches 56.8%, the clearest signature of a cereal ration.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

11.5%

Fibre

2.75%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

Ash

Carbs

56.8%

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

21.1%

Carbs

69.9%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

4.7%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size