Dachshund Superfood

Dachshund Superfood Veterinary Range: Dental Care review

Name: Dachshund Superfood Veterinary Range: Dental Care
Brand: Dachshund Superfood

57.4/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Four small-breed kibbles, each built for one job: teeth, digestion, skin and coat, or weight with joints. What ties them together is hydrolysed animal protein on a grain-free potato base. Three sit in our Good band and the weight and joint recipe a step below in Average, so let the job choose the bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs with one issue that needs attention
Dogs whose stomachs turn at ordinary kibble, as the animal protein is hydrolysed in all four
Owners avoiding cereal
A small kibble, made in that size across the range
Owners who like each working entry given a percentage

Worth watching

Fish in three of the four. A dog kept off fish is looking at the digestive recipe
Carbohydrate between 41.9% and 46.8% of dry matter
No additives panel, so vitamin and mineral doses are not printed

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

How this scores

How we score

57.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. A dachshund-sized dog eats a fraction of the 15kg figure, so start from the bag's guide for its weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Dental Care 57.4
Digestive Care 57.4
Skin 53.2
Weight Control 48.4

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Hydrolysed protein reads modestly on paper, so the job on the front of the bag matters more than the small gap between scores.

What's in it

Freshly prepared hydrolysed turkey29.5%
Sweet potato, potatoThe starch and the binding.
Hydrolysed dried salmon12.5%A second animal, and fish.
Turkey fat8%
Beet pulp, cellulose2.5% celluloseBulk to make the kibble worth a chew.
Hydrolysed turkey gravy2%
Plaque Defence: sodium hexametaphosphate, seaweed, peppermint, cranberry, green tea extract2%Hexametaphosphate ties up calcium in saliva so tartar has a harder time forming.
Minerals, dried marigold
FOS, MOS175 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Turkey (29.5%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Hydrolysed Dried Salmon (12.5%), Turkey Fat (8%), Beet Pulp, Cellulose (2.5%), Hydrolysed Turkey Gravy (2%), Plaque Defence 2% (Sodium Hexametaphosphate 6,150 mg/kg, Seaweed 0.6%, Peppermint 0.4%, Cranberry 0.2%, Green Tea Extract 0.2%), Minerals, Dried Marigold (Source of Lutin), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 175 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 50 mg/kg)

Against the range

Job: Teeth; Digestion, skin, weight and joints on the others.
Protein, dry matter: 22.8%; Gentlest in the range; the weight recipe is 31.5%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 46.8%; Highest of the four.

The one for a small dog whose teeth build tartar quickly.

All four use hydrolysed animal protein, broken into shorter pieces before it reaches the bowl, on a potato and sweet potato base with no wheat, maize or rice. Three add a purified plant fibre, cellulose or lignocellulose, and marigold closes every list as a source of lutein.

Only the digestive recipe keeps to one animal; the other three pair their headline species with a second marine source. No additives panel is published for any of them, so vitamin and trace mineral doses are not printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

356 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

14.5%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

15.8%

Fibre

5.4%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

46.8%

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

44%

Carbs

37.6%

Oils

Other

10.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £9.00 (RRP)
Pack: 1.5kg Small Kibble, 10kg Small Kibble (the description's Product Information block also states "Available Sizes: 1.5kg, 10kg")
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 210 to 260 g a day, 235 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.11

Premium end of the market for a dry food, and you pay a little more than the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.