Dachshund Superfood

Dachshund Superfood Light Adult Private label: Turkey review

Name: Dachshund Superfood Light Adult Private label: Turkey
Brand: Dachshund Superfood

76/100Excellent

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Two small-breed light recipes under one name, the turkey in our Excellent band and the trout and salmon a step below in Good. They are less alike than the shared name suggests. The joint set and the prebiotics are printed as doses on both labels, not left to the marketing.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs carrying a little extra weight
Joint support printed as a dose: glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin sulphate
Grain-free feeding, with sweet potato doing the binding
Little dogs; both bags are built and sized for them
Alternating a fish bowl and a meat bowl

Worth watching

The two are built very differently, so read the variety notes before switching
Dried pork behind the turkey in one recipe
Vitamins and trace minerals folded into one minerals entry, no doses printed

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

How this scores

How we score

76/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs, and the turkey for seniors too. The labels guide by bodyweight from 25 grams a day for the smallest dogs; let the waistline settle the final portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 76.0
Dachshund Superfood Light Adult Private label 60.7

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two finish a band apart by different routes: the turkey on meat, the trout and salmon on the restraint a light diet is meant to show.

What's in it

Freshly prepared free range turkey35%Leads a 65% turkey and pork total.
Dried pork14%A second animal, which matters if pork is off the list.
Dried turkey11.5%
Turkey gravy, turkey fat2.5%, 2%
Sweet potato, beans
Beet pulp
Dried superfood blendParsley, papaya, nettle, courgette, pumpkin.
Minerals, omega 3 supplement
Joint pack: glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphateSlightly higher here: 180, 180 and 125 mg/kg.
FOS, MOS, olive extract0.01% olivePrebiotics at 175 and 50 mg/kg.

Calcium works out at 1.74% of dry matter, an adult level.

Named ingredients

65% Turkey & Pork (35% Freshly Prepared Free Range Turkey, 14% Dried Pork, 11.5% Dried Turkey, 2.5% Turkey Gravy, 2% Turkey Fat), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (including Parsley, Papaya, Nettle, Courgette, Pumpkin), Minerals, Omega 3 Supplement, Joint Pack (Glucosamine 180 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 180 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 125 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 175 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 50 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%), *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

Meat: 65% turkey and pork; 50% fish in the other.
Protein, as fed: 37.5%; 25% on the trout and salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 32.6% (estimate); 51.6% on the fish.
Life stage: Adult and senior; Adult only on the fish.

The meatier of the two, where light means lean.

Both recipes leave cereal out, with sweet potato opening the plant side and beet pulp following for fibre. Both split their meat figure into fresh and dried parts, and the dried entries do more of the work in the finished kibble than their place on the list suggests.

Each label doses a joint set of glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin sulphate, and the prebiotic pair FOS and MOS. Neither breaks out its vitamins or trace minerals. Beyond that the two are built very differently: fish at 50% against turkey and pork at 65%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

349 kcal/100g

Protein

37.5%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

40.8%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

32.6%

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

62.5%

Added water

2.5%

Carbs

26.4%

Other

8.6%

Pricing & size