Country Kibble

Country Kibble Grain Free Senior / Light review

Name: Country Kibble Grain Free Senior / Light
Brand: Country Kibble

62.6/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A trout and salmon kibble for older and heavier dogs, sitting in our Good band level with the typical adult dry food. Half the bag is fish, broken into five printed parts. Fat is held to 8%, L-carnitine is dosed at 480mg and the joint trio comes with a figure against each one.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs who have slowed down but still eat like they used to
Dogs carrying a few extra kilos. Fat is 8% and energy 340 kcal per 100g
Dogs kept off land meat entirely: trout and salmon are the only animals on the list
Stiff older joints, with glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg each and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg
A middle-aged dog and an older one fed from the same bag, as the label covers adult and senior

Worth watching

Carbohydrate estimated at 51.6% of dry matter against 46.2% for the typical adult dry food. Lean, though not low in starch
Pea protein and potato protein, which lift the protein figure without adding meat
No selenium printed on an otherwise fully dosed trace element list

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

How this scores

How we score

62.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. If your dog is being fed down, portion to the target weight from the label's table, not the current one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Trout

The score, in context

Country Kibble Grain Free Senior / Light 62.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The light brief costs it on the analysis, since starch fills the room the fat leaves, while the printed fish split and the dosed extras read as a label that knows its dog.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout30%Leads the 50% fish share. Mostly water before it meets the oven.
Dried salmon, freshly prepared salmon11%, 4%The dried salmon carries a good deal of the finished kibble.
Salmon oil, salmon stock3%, 2%Marine omega 3 in the form a dog takes up most easily, for joints and an older coat.
Sweet potato24%Leads the binding. No cereal anywhere on the list.
Potato, peas, beet pulppeas 6%
Pea protein, potato proteinRefined plant proteins that keep protein respectable while fat comes down. Meat protein would have done more.
LinseedPlant omega 3 on top of the salmon oil.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Asparagus0.3%A flourish, nothing structural.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate, FOS, MOS170 mg/kg down to 24 mg/kgThe joint trio, each one measured, aimed at the years when a dog thinks twice about the stairs.

L-carnitine at 480mg to help the body work through its own fat stores, and zinc at 65mg, a generous helping for an ageing coat, among sulphate-form trace elements.

No selenium is printed among the trace elements.

Named ingredients

Trout & Salmon 50% (including Freshly Prepared Trout 30%, Dried Salmon 11%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 4%, Salmon Oil 3%, Salmon Stock 2% ), Sweet Potato (24%), Potato, Peas (6%), Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Linseed, Potato Protein, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (0.3%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/ kg), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

48%

Added water

2.4%

Carbs

47.2%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size