Dachshund Superfood

Dachshund Superfood Adult: British Free Range Chicken review

Name: Dachshund Superfood Adult: British Free Range Chicken
Brand: Dachshund Superfood

74.1/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A small-breed range that builds one recipe properly and changes the animal, and all four reach our Excellent band. Each label breaks its 65% meat into fresh, dried, fat and gravy, and keeps every part to one species. Sweet potato and beans stand in for grain.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, with a feeding table for dogs from 1kg to 10kg
Rotating proteins: chicken, duck, lamb or salmon on the same build
Dogs kept off grain
One animal per bowl, fat and gravy included
A settled gut, with FOS at 192 mg/kg and MOS at 48 mg/kg

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source on any label
Calcium varies a lot: 2.61% of dry matter on the lamb, 1.30% on the salmon
The superfood blend lists five plants without the full breakdown

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

How this scores

How we score

74.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Written for small breed adults from 1kg to 10kg. The label puts a dog of 7kg to 10kg on 100 to 145 grams a day, depending on the variety.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Scottish Salmon 74.7
British Free Range Chicken 74.1
English Country Duck 71.6
Lamb 70.7

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The four barely differ in construction, so choose by the animal your dog gets on with and ignore the order they finish in.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared British free range chicken, dried chicken, chicken fat, chicken gravy65% (35%, 22%, 6%, 2%)The 22% dried share supplies much of the protein after baking.
Sweet potato, beansThe starch side. No cereal.
Beet pulpFibre for the gut bacteria to work on.
Dried superfood blend: ginger, pomegranate, kale, artichoke, blueberryeach equivalent to 4% freshA flourish, chosen to suit the meat.
Omega 3 supplementSource not given.
Minerals
FOS, MOS192 mg/kg, 48 mg/kgTwo prebiotics, dosed.
Olive extract0.01%

No separate additives panel; the omega 3 supplement, minerals and prebiotics are listed inside the composition.

The omega 3 supplement has no source on the label, so a strict elimination trial cannot assume it is fish free.

Named ingredients

65% Chicken (35% Freshly Prepared British Free Range Chicken, 22% Dried Chicken, 6% Chicken Fat, 2% Chicken Gravy), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Ginger, Pomegranate, Kale, Artichoke, Blueberry), Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 192 mg/kg) Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 48 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%), *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

Protein, declared: 32.0%; Highest of the three land meats; the salmon is 33.0%.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.41%; 2.39% on the duck and 2.61% on the lamb.
Ash: 8.5%; Up to 12.0% on the lamb.

Where a dog has no history of poultry trouble, chicken is the natural place to start.

Every variety declares 65% of one named animal, broken into 35% freshly prepared, 22% dried, then a fat or oil and a stock or gravy, all from the same species. Sweet potato, beans and beet pulp make the base, with no cereal anywhere.

Carbohydrate sits between 36.5% and 38.6% of dry matter. FOS, MOS and olive extract are on every label; the superfood blend changes with the meat. What really varies is protein and the mineral load.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

37.5%

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

63%

Added water

Carbs

26.8%

Other

8.2%

Pricing & size