Clinivet Adult Senior review

This recipe reads Average with us, a step below the Good band the typical adult dry food manages. The gap is structural: grain stands first on the label, the named meat is a meal rather than anything fresh, and carbohydrate finishes above what is typical for a kibble. None of it is a red flag, and the joint and prebiotic additions show genuine thought for the older dogs it names.

Ingredients, as declared: 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%).

This is a cereal-led recipe by design: brown rice opens the list at a declared 26%, with maize and oatfeed behind it. Poultry meal at 21.5% is the protein anchor, and because meal arrives already dried its position understates nothing. Protein converts to 23.9% of dry matter, gentle by kibble standards, and carbohydrate to an estimated 53.3% against the 46.2% typical for adult dry food.

The poultry is never pinned to a bird. That is common in this corner of the market and most dogs will not care. It does mean the recipe could draw on chicken, turkey or duck in any given batch. That only matters when a particular bird has to be ruled in or out.

The later-life thinking is in the small print. Glucosamine and MSM are each declared at a minimum of 0.035%, chondroitin at 0.025%, and the two prebiotics, FOS and MOS, are there for the gut. Linseed, egg powder and salmon oil round things off, bringing plant and marine omega 3s between them.

Each trace mineral is dosed in print on the label, in both standard and chelated form. A dog's gut usually takes up the chelated version more readily.

£3.29 a kilo, in 4kg and 12kg bags, with a 14kg trade bag produced for breeders.

For a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition, needing about 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate), that comes to roughly 240 grams and £0.79 a day. Its own table asks 200 to 300 grams for a dog of 10kg to 19kg. Where the two disagree, go by the waistline.