Country Dog

Country Dog Premium Adult 7+ review

Name: Country Dog Premium Adult 7+
Brand: Country Dog

56.4/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A modest, tidy kibble for dogs of seven and up, in our Good band. Chicken is the only animal on the list, and the meal is the larger half of its 30% share. Rice, maize and barley carry the starch, and the joint pair is written into the small print.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An older dog living beside a grown one, since one bag is written for both ages
Dogs that do well on chicken and meet no second animal
Dogs stiffening a little, with glucosamine at 0.04% and chondroitin at 0.014%
A dog that has always eaten cereal-based food happily
Any size, from a small terrier to a giant breed

Worth watching

Chicken in the meal, the fat and the gravy, so a chicken-sensitive dog cannot get around it
Rice, maize and barley, in a house keeping its dog off cereal
Estimated carbohydrate at 53.8% of dry matter, a steady bowl and not a meat-led one

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

How this scores

How we score

56.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The calorie figure is our estimate, so weigh the first week out properly and let the waistline settle portions.

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 7+ 56.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

For an unfussy everyday bowl written with older dogs in mind, a fair result: the label is clear and the cereals keep the nutrition readings at Average.

What's in it

Chicken meal20%Already dried, so it carries most of the protein into the kibble.
Freshly prepared chicken10%Mostly water before the oven.
Rice30%Level with the chicken.
Maize, barleyBarley brings fibre, and gluten.
Chicken fat, brewers yeast
Flaxseed3%Plant omega 3.
Dried maize protein, chicken gravy, minerals2.5% maize protein
Mannan oligosaccharide, yucca extract0.05% eachA prebiotic, and yucca for stool smell.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.04%, 0.014%A measured helping on top of what the meat carries.
Cranberry0.01%A garnish.

Zinc comes twice, 38 mg as an amino acid chelate and 53 mg as the sulphate, and selenium is the organic form at 0.2 mg.

Named ingredients

Chicken 30% (Chicken Meal 20%, Freshly Prepared Chicken 10%), Rice (30%), Maize, Barley, Chicken Fat, Brewers Yeast, Flaxseed (3%), Dried Maize Protein (2.5%), Chicken Gravy, Minerals, Prebiotic Mannan Oligosaccharide (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.05%), Glucosamine (0.04%), Chondroitin (0.014%), Cranberry (0.01%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.3%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

53.8%

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

32.7%

Carbs

57.8%

Oils

3.2%

Other

6.2%

Pricing & size