Clinivet

Clinivet Adult Senior review

Name: Clinivet Adult Senior
Brand: Clinivet

44.9/100Average

DryAdultSenior

One rice-and-poultry bag for every adult and later-life dog in the house, finished with a joint and prebiotic package many foods of this kind leave out. It sits in our Average band because cereals carry so much of the bowl. Nothing on the label is a worry.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults and pensioners fed side by side from one recipe
Stiff or ageing dogs: glucosamine and MSM at a minimum of 0.035% each, chondroitin at 0.025%
Dogs that do well on rice
A digestion that needs a little diplomacy, with FOS and MOS both in

Worth watching

Poultry is a family name, so no help ruling chicken out
Fish meal and salmon oil, for a home that keeps fish out of the bowl
Cereals do most of the carrying

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

How this scores

How we score

44.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. The bag asks 200 to 300 grams a day for 10kg to 19kg, a wide span, so go by the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Clinivet Adult Senior 44.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap to the typical kibble is structural, and the joint and prebiotic additions show genuine thought for older dogs.

What's in it

Brown ricemin. 26%Opens the list by design.
Maize, oatfeed
Poultry mealmin. 21.5%Already dried, so its position understates nothing. Could be chicken, turkey or duck in any batch.
Sugar beet pulp
Poultry fatmin. 4.5%Again no bird named.
Fish meal, brewers yeast, poultry digestFish arrives here, before the salmon oil.
Linseed, egg powder, salmon oilPlant and marine omega 3 between them.
Minerals, vitamins
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphatemin. 0.035%, 0.035%, 0.025%Later-life thinking in the small print.
Prebiotic FOS, MOSmin. 0.03% eachFor the gut.

Each trace mineral dosed in both standard and chelated form; the gut usually takes up the chelated version more readily.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (min. 26%), Maize, Poultry Meal (min. 21.5%), Oatfeed, Sugar Beet Pulp, Poultry Fat (min. 4.5%), Fish Meal, Brewers Yeast, Poultry Digest, Linseed, Egg Powder, Minerals, Vitamins, Salmon Oil, Glucosamine (min. 0.035%), Methylsulfonylmethane (min. 0.035%), Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides (min. 0.03%), Prebiotic Mannan-oligosaccharides (min. 0.03%), Chondroitin Sulphate (min. 0.025%).

Against the range

Brown rice leads at a declared 26%, with maize and oatfeed behind, and poultry meal at 21.5% anchors the protein. Carbohydrate is estimated at 53.3% of dry matter and protein converts to 23.9%. The poultry is never pinned to a bird.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

53.3%

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

30.5%

Carbs

55%

Oils

4.6%

Other

9.9%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.29 (RRP)
Pack: 4kg, 12kg, trade pack: **Breeder Adult Senior 14kg** https://clinivet.com/products/breeder-adult-senior)
A 15kg dog eats: 200 to 300 g a day, 250 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.82

Middle of the dry market, though you pay a premium relative to what the analysis shows.

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