CSJ

CSJ Champ Adult review

Name: CSJ Champ Adult
Brand: CSJ

51.7/100Good

DryAdult

A plain kennel staple: wheat first, beef meal second, and a fully named label from top to bottom. It lands in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food. Protein at 20% and fat at 10% make it a gentle everyday ration for a steady adult dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Kennels and multi-dog homes after one uncomplicated sack
Dogs that hold their weight easily and do not need a rich bowl
Owners who read ingredient lists. There is no category term on this one
Coats that could use help, with linseed and salmon oil both supplying omega 3
An older, steadier dog that has slowed down but still enjoys a full bowl

Worth watching

Wheat leads the list, so not for a dog with a known wheat problem
Salmon oil brings fish into it
Beef and chicken together, so no use for testing a single animal
Carbohydrate at 54.3% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

51.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

For adult dogs, toy to giant. The label's less active table asks 140 to 235 grams a day for 10kg to 20kg, so let condition settle the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

CSJ Champ Adult 51.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal takes up most of the recipe and holds the reading down; a label with no vagueness on it is what keeps it from going lower.

What's in it

WheatCheap, forms a biscuit well, and the grain that comes up most often when a dog is reacting to something.
Beef mealWater already gone, so its place at number two is real.
BarleyEasy to digest, with fibre.
Chicken fat, chicken meal, chicken gravyChicken three times over, named where it could have said poultry.
Oats
Alfalfa, beet pulp, yeastBeet pulp does the gentle work in the gut.
Minerals
Linseed, salmon oilPlant omega 3 alongside the marine form, which a dog uses straight away.
PeasA little protein.
Yucca schidigeraFor households that notice what a kennel smells like.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, copper, zinc, manganese, iodine and selenium, all dosed in standard sulphate forms, preserved with natural antioxidants.

Named ingredients

Wheat, Beef meal, Barley, Chicken fat, Chicken meal, Chicken gravy, Oats, Alfalfa, Beet pulp, Yeast, Minerals, Linseed, Peas, Salmon oil, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

One wheat-based kibble sold by the sack. Beef meal sits second, and chicken appears three times as fat, meal and gravy, as big a presence as the beef. Barley and oats follow the wheat, and every entry down to the yucca is named. The label gives no moisture, and dry matter is worked from 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

54.3%

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

35.4%

Carbs

57.5%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

5.2%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size