Countrymans

Countrymans Countryman's Working Dog 24% review

Name: Countrymans Countryman's Working Dog 24%
Brand: Countrymans

25/100Poor

DryAdult

A straightforward working-dog sack in our Poor band, and the band is a reading of a label that names almost nothing. Protein steps up to 24% and fat to 9.5% for farm and field dogs that empty the tank by dusk. The food itself is not troubling.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Gundogs and farm dogs through a busy working season
A hard-charging dog that struggles to hold condition on a lighter recipe
Several outdoor dogs on one sack
Owners who want a familiar cereal and meat kibble with no long tail of extras

Worth watching

No meat species named, so a dog with a known meat problem cannot be fed around it
Cereals with no grain specified, which matters if wheat is being kept out
Carbohydrate at 50.5% of dry matter, above the 46.2% typical for adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

25/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. No calorie figure is declared, so the energy is our estimate and condition should have the last word over the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

The score, in context

Countryman's Working Dog 24% 25.0

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The low reading comes mostly from silence on the label, while the protein and fat pairing is respectable for a dog in work.

What's in it

CerealsThe broadest word on any label. Any grain fits under it, and the maker can switch as supply changes.
Meat and animal derivativesNames no bird or beast, and gives no clue to the quality of the material.
Derivatives of vegetable originBy-products of grain, vegetable, legume or oilseed processing.
Oils and fatsNo source given.
Sodium chlorideSalt, the one entry that leaves nothing to guess at.

Moisture is not printed, so the dry-matter figures assume the usual 8% for a dry food.

Named ingredients

Cereals, meat & animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils & fats, sodium chloride.

Against the range

One plain working-dog kibble. Five entries make up the whole label, and four of them are category names: cereals, meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats. No species and no grain is named anywhere. Protein and fat are stepped up for a dog in work.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

50.5%

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

28.3%

Carbs

61.9%

Oils

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size