Clinivet

Clinivet Adult Large review

Name: Clinivet Adult Large
Brand: Clinivet

48.4/100Average

DryAdult

A large-breed maintenance kibble on poultry meal at a minimum of 28%, with maize, brown rice and oats carrying the bulk. The large-breed thinking shows in the extras: a dosed joint trio, L-Carnitine for lean condition and marine omega 3 from herring meal and salmon oil. It sits in our Average band, held there by naming more than by feeding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults, the frame the kibble and recipe are designed around
Joints carrying real weight: glucosamine and MSM at a minimum of 0.035% each, chondroitin at 0.025%
Big dogs that gain easily. L-Carnitine at 0.05% supports fat metabolism
Owners who want marine omega 3s in print, from herring meal and salmon oil
A simple everyday bowl for a steady big adult

Worth watching

Poultry meal, fat and digest with no species named, which rules it out for elimination feeding
Maize second on the list with no percentage, and carbohydrate at an estimated 47.9% of dry matter
No calcium figure, the number large-breed owners most often want

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

How this scores

How we score

48.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed adults. The table's 250 grams a day is for a 15kg dog, so a genuinely large dog will eat more; check the pack table against your dog's weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

The score, in context

Clinivet Adult Large 48.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing in the analysis should trouble a healthy large adult; the anonymous poultry naming is what holds the score down.

What's in it

Poultry mealmin. 28%The protein backbone. The bird is never named.
MaizeSecond on the list with no figure.
Brown rice, oatsrice min. 22%
Poultry fatmin. 6%Same anonymous family as the meal.
Sugar beet pulpHandles the fibre.
Poultry digestmin. 3%A flavour coating, again unnamed.
Brewers yeast, linseeds, minerals, vitamins, egg powderUseful smaller entries.
Salmon oil, herring mealMarine omega 3s that linseed alone could not bring.
L-Carnitine, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate0.05%, min. 0.035%, 0.035%, 0.025%The large-breed package, and the label's best work.
MOS, FOS, yucca schidigera extract

Part of the zinc, iron and copper arrives chelated to amino acids, and the selenium comes as selenium yeast.

No calcium figure on the label, the number most worth asking Clinivet for on a large-breed food.

Named ingredients

Poultry Meal (min. 28%), Maize, Brown Rice (min. 22%), Oats, Poultry Fat (min. 6%), Sugar Beet Pulp, Poultry Digest (min. 3%), Brewers Yeast, Linseeds, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Vitamins, Egg Powder, Herring Meal, L-Carnitine, Glucosamine (min. 0.035%), Methylsulphonylmethane (min. 0.035%), Prebiotic Manna-oligosaccharides (MOS), Prebiotic Fructo-Oligosaccharides (FOS), Chondroitin Sulphate (min. 0.025%), Yucca Schidigera Extract.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

47.9%

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

31.9%

Carbs

56.1%

Oils

6.6%

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.33 (RRP)
Pack: 12kg, trade pack: **Breeder Adult Large 12kg** https://clinivet.com/products/breeder-adult-large)
A 15kg dog eats: 200 to 300 g a day, 250 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.83

250 grams a day is the table's figure for a 15kg dog; a large dog eats more, so the daily cost climbs with it.

You pay a little more than the analysis alone would justify.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.