Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Adult Maxi Breed review

Name: Dr Clauders Adult Maxi Breed
Brand: Dr Clauders

44.4/100Average

DryAdult

A large-breed kibble in the older European style, with a joint angle that suits the size of dog it names. It sits in our Average band, as much for what the label leaves unsaid as for what goes in the bowl. The one named animal entry is a dried poultry protein at 23%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults with settled digestions
Joint ingredients on a big dog's label: glucosamine, mussel meat meal and gelatine
Dogs that do well on cereals. Maize, millet and rice carry the starch
One large dog fed steadily, from a single big bag

Worth watching

Poultry never tied to a species, so a dog with a known bird problem cannot rely on it
Mussel meat meal puts shellfish on the list
Carbohydrate at an estimated 49.5% of dry matter, about half the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

44.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. A dog that size eats well past our 15kg reference amount, so scale the daily figure to your own dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Dr Clauders Adult Maxi Breed 44.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Most of the distance to the typical adult dry food is a gap in what the pack tells you, not a hole in the diet.

What's in it

Poultry protein, dried23%The whole of the named animal content. Dried, so it delivers more than a fresh entry of the same size; no species printed.
MaizeThe workaday cereal of the three.
MilletGluten free and easy on most dogs.
RiceThe gentlest cereal in common use.
Poultry fat, beet pulp
Protein hydrolysate (from poultry)Again no bird named.
Linseed, gelatine powder, carob flourGelatine is collagen, part of the joint thinking.
Chicory powder, yeast, egg powder1%, 0.05% glucansInulin for the useful gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, mussel meat meal0.1% eachSensible on a big dog; the mussel means it is not seafood free.
Salts, ginseng root meal, yuccaginseng 0.1%Yucca is usually there for stool odour.

No moisture or energy declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8% and the 362 kcal per 100g is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Poultry protein dried (23%), maize, millet, rice, poultry fat, beet pulp, protein hydrolysate (from poultry), linseed, gelatine powder, carob flour, chicory powder (1%), yeast (dried, incl. 0.05% glucans), egg powder, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, glucosamine (0.1%),Ginseng root meal (dried, 0.1%), mussel meat meal (0.1%). Yucca (dried).

Against the range

A dried poultry protein at 23% sits over maize, millet and rice, with poultry fat and a short row of joint and gut extras behind. No species is named for any of the poultry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

49.5%

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

23.5%

Carbs

67.2%

Veg

Oils

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size