Dachshund Superfood

Dachshund Superfood Veterinary Range: Skin and Coat Care review

Name: Dachshund Superfood Veterinary Range: Skin and Coat Care
Brand: Dachshund Superfood

53.2/100Good

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

53.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Salmon

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 salmon35%
Potato, sweet potato
Hydrolysed dried white fish14%
Salmon oil4%
Beet pulp
Soya oil3%Soya sits on some dogs' avoid list.
Hydrolysed salmon gravy2.5%
Dried algae, borage oil0.2% eachAlgae brings marine omega 3 without another fish; borage brings gamma linolenic acid for skin.
Minerals, marigold

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Salmon (35%), Potato, Sweet Potato, Hydrolysed Dried White Fish (14%), Salmon Oil (4%), Beet Pulp, Soya Oil (3%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Algae (Schizochytrium sp.) (0.2%), Borage Oil (0.2%), Marigold (Source of Lutein)

Against the range

Oils: Salmon, soya, algae, borage; One oil or none on the others.
Fibre, dry matter: 2.7%; Lowest of the four.

A deliberately built oil bench for a dog whose coat is the worry.

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

381 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

45.6%

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

51.5%

Carbs

37%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

7.2%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £9.00 (RRP)
Pack: 1.5kg Small Kibble, 10kg Small Kibble (the description's Product Information block says "Available Sizes: 1.4kg, 10kg" - the on-page variation selector says 1.5kg)
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 200 to 240 g a day, 220 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.98

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.