Country Dog

Country Dog Original Adult 1+: Beef review

Name: Country Dog Original Adult 1+: Beef
Brand: Country Dog

40.5/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

An old-fashioned working biscuit, in our Average band and making no attempt to be anything else. Wheat leads, the animal content is meat and bone meal, and protein finishes low for a kibble. What it does better than many labels of its vintage is say so: the fat is named and every mineral has a dose beside it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have thrived on a traditional biscuit and never needed more
Multi-dog and kennel households that get through a 15kg bag while it is fresh
A dog that could stand to be lighter, with fat declared at 8%
Owners who want the minerals dosed in print, a figure beside each one

Worth watching

Meat and bone meal with only 4% or 11% of it named, so most of the animal content is not tied to a species
Wheat first on both lists, if wheat has troubled your dog before
Carbohydrate estimated at 55.5% of dry matter. Keep portions firm for a dog that gains easily

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

How this scores

How we score

40.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label prints no energy figure, so treat the feeding guide as a starting point and adjust by your dog's waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 40.5
Chicken 40.5

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Both land in the same place for the same reasons, and every one of those reasons is printed on the bag.

What's in it

WheatThe largest single thing in the bag. It binds a biscuit well, and is the cereal behind more intolerances than any other.
Meat and bone meal (including beef)20% (4% beef)Concentrated protein, but the term names neither the animal nor the parts. The bone lifts the ash.
BarleyFibre and micronutrients along with its starch.
Chicken fatNamed, and chicken, even in the beef recipe.
Chicken gravy
Minerals
Fish oil0.3%Marine omega 3, the form a dog uses most directly.
Mannan oligosaccharides, yucca extract0.08%, 0.01%A prebiotic, and the usual answer to stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc as an oxide, manganese as an oxide, iron and copper as sulphates, iodine as calcium iodate and selenium as sodium selenite, all at a printed dose.

Chicken fat and chicken gravy are in this beef recipe, so it is not free of chicken.

Named ingredients

Wheat, Meat and Bone Meal 20% (Including 4% Beef), Barley, Chicken Fat, Chicken Gravy, Minerals, Fish Oil (0.3%), Prebiotic Mannan Oligosaccharides (0.08%), Yucca Extract (0.01%).

Against the range

Named meat: 4% beef; 11% chicken in the other recipe.
Other animals on the label: Chicken, as fat and gravy; fish oil; The chicken recipe has the same fat, gravy and fish oil.
Analysis: Protein 21%, fat 8%; Identical in both.

The less clearly identified of the two.

Both recipes share one construction and one analysis. Wheat comes first, then meat and bone meal at 20% with only a slice of it named, then barley, chicken fat and chicken gravy. Fish oil at 0.3% brings marine omega 3 to both. Every added mineral carries a printed dose, in the plainest forms on the shelf. The only thing that changes is how much of the meat and bone meal is tied to a species: 4% beef in one, 11% chicken in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

318.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.1%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

55.5%

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

29.8%

Carbs

59%

Oils

7.9%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size