Country Dog

Country Dog Premium Adult 1+ Light review

Name: Country Dog Premium Adult 1+ Light
Brand: Country Dog

60.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A chicken kibble for dogs carrying more than they should, and it sits in our Good band. Fat is held to 7.5% and fibre pushed up to 7%, so a bowl that looks normal to the dog carries fewer calories. Every animal ingredient in the bag is chicken.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a diet that still want a proper bowlful
Dogs kept on chicken and nothing else: the fat and gravy are chicken too
Older dogs on shorter walks, with glucosamine and chondroitin printed
Fish-free homes. Flaxseed supplies the omega 3
A grown dog and an older one eating from the same bag

Worth watching

Maize second on the list, with barley and rice behind, so cereal runs through it
Fibre at 7% usually means bigger, softer stools for the first fortnight
Too little fat for a working dog or one in hard training

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

How this scores

How we score

60.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Our maintenance figure for a 15kg dog is a starting point to work down from, since a dog being slimmed eats rather less.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Country Dog Premium Adult 1+ Light 60.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A fairer result than it first looks for a diet recipe: lower fat and higher fibre pull on the very measures a general reading rewards.

What's in it

Chicken meal24%Less meat than the brand's standard adult bags, as a light food does.
Freshly prepared chicken10%
Maize, barleySquarely a cereal recipe.
Rice12%
Beet pulp, pea fibre8% (beet pulp)The real lever: fibre that fills a dog up without feeding it much.
Dried brewer's yeast, chicken gravy, minerals2.5% (yeast)
Flaxseed0.9%Plant omega 3; no fish oil anywhere.
Seaweed, chicken fatSeaweed for iodine. The fat is named chicken.
Mannan and fructo oligosaccharides0.5% eachA proper showing for prebiotics, to help the gut through the change.
Yucca, glucosamine, chondroitin, cranberry0.05% down to 0.01%The joint pair is animal-derived with no species traced.

Zinc as sulphate plus a second dose as a chelate of protein hydrolysates, the easier-absorbed form, though the hydrolysed protein is not named; iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium are all dosed.

Glucosamine and chondroitin are not traced to a species. A thought for a strict elimination plan.

Named ingredients

Chicken 34% (Chicken Meal 24%, Freshly Prepared Chicken 10%), Maize, Barley, Rice (12%), Beet Pulp (8%), Pea Fibre, Dried Brewer's Yeast (2.5%), Chicken Gravy, Minerals, Flaxseed (0.9%), Seaweed, Chicken Fat, Prebiotic Mannan Oligosaccharide (0.5%), Prebiotic Fructo Oligosaccharide (0.5%), Yucca Extract (0.05%), Glucosamine Sulphate (0.045%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.015%), Cranberry (0.01%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

7.6%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

48.3%

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

38.5%

Carbs

53.8%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

0.6%

Other

Pricing & size