CSJ

CSJ Complete Tripe review

Name: CSJ Complete Tripe
Brand: CSJ

55.1/100Good

DryAdult

A complete dry dinner built on the ingredient plenty of dogs would pick for themselves: tripe, at a minimum of 26%. It sits in our Good band, a solid everyday food. The back of the label is the best part, with MOS, glucosamine and green lipped mussel each given a dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy dogs who leave plainer kibble
Owners who want the working extras dosed, glucosamine at 1000mg/kg among them
Older dogs carrying a little stiffness
An unsettled digestion, with MOS at 1400mg/kg to feed the gut bacteria

Worth watching

Maize gluten fifth on the list, plant protein that sensitive dogs can find harder going
Chicken, beef and salmon all appear, so tripe leads without owning the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

55.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A 15 kg dog sits at about 215 grams a day on the label; let the waistline decide where to settle.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Tripe

The score, in context

CSJ Complete Tripe 55.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A tempting named meat and dosed extras pull one way, a cereal middle with maize gluten pulls the other, and it settles level with the middle of the shelf.

What's in it

Tripemin 26%A floor, not a guess. Stomach lining of grazing animals, digested famously well.
Rice, maizeThe biscuit.
Beef mealDried and concentrated; does much of the protein work.
Maize glutenThe weakest link: plant protein to lift the figure, and not a token pinch.
Chicken gravy, chicken fat
Peas, linseed, alfalfaLinseed brings fibre and plant omega 3.
Yeast, minerals
Salmon oilMarine omega 3 a dog can use directly.
Mannan oligosaccharides1400mg/kgFrom the yeast, for the gut.
Dried fruits and herbs, glucosamine, yucca, green lipped mussel1000mg/kg blend, 1000mg/kg glucosamine, 100mg/kg musselEvery herb in the blend is named, down to the marjoram. The joint pair are dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, copper, zinc and manganese each supplied as both a sulphate and a better-absorbed amino acid chelate.

Named ingredients

Tripe (min 26%), Rice, Maize, Beef meal, Maize gluten, Chicken gravy, Chicken fat, Peas, Linseed, Yeast, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Alfalfa, Mannan oligosaccharides (1400mg/kg), Dried fruits & herbs (Total 1000mg/kg; Blackcurrant, Rosemary, Pomegranate, Milk Thistle, Seaweed, Fenugreek, Spearmint, Parsley, Marshmallow Root, Marjoram, Oregano), Glucosamine (1000mg/kg), Yucca schidigera, Green lipped mussel (100mg/kg).

Against the range

One tripe-led adult kibble on a rice and maize biscuit, with its gut and joint extras dosed in print at the end.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

24.4%

Fat

14.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

9.4%

Carbs

49.6%

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

42.3%

Carbs

54.2%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

1.8%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size