Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Best Choice Junior: Mini review

Name: Dr Clauders Best Choice Junior: Mini
Brand: Dr Clauders

49.2/100Average

DryPuppy

A small-breed growth kibble that puts fish ahead of chicken, with dried salmon protein at 22% the only named meat. Rice at 36% leads the list, though, and the starch share defines the recipe. Calcium is declared and the vitamin panel is unusually thorough. It sits in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small-breed puppies, the size the kibble and its chart were built around
Pups that do best on fish, with nothing else named as meat
Owners who want a calcium figure: 1.2% of dry matter on an assumed 8% moisture, comfortably in the growth range
A fully itemised vitamin panel, from vitamin E at 250 mg to biotin at 620 mcg per kilo

Worth watching

Rice at 36% sits ahead of the salmon, so starch does more of the work than meat
Poultry fat and protein hydrolysate name no animal, which a strict fish-only plan cannot accept
Maize twice, as maize and as maize protein

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

How this scores

How we score

49.2/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed puppies. Portions follow age and expected adult size, so work from the chart on the pack and revisit it as the weeks pass.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Mini 49.2

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Rice ahead of the meat and modest protein for a growing dog hold it down; the declared calcium and a deep vitamin panel keep it from sitting lower.

What's in it

Rice36%Gentle on a young gut. Its place at the top tells you the kibble is built on cereal first.
Salmon protein (dried)22%The only named meat, and dried, so its protein reaches the kibble almost as printed.
Poultry fatMuch of the energy. No species named, so treat chicken, duck, goose and turkey as possible.
Maize, maize proteinThe second tops up protein from a plant.
Beet pulp, chicory powder1% chicoryFibre, and the inulin in chicory is a prebiotic.
Protein hydrolysateAnother category with no animal named.
Linseed, yeastLinseed for plant omega 3.
CellulosePurified fibre for bulk, a long way from whole vegetable.
Whole egg powder
Monocalcium phosphate, potassium chlorideThe source of the declared calcium.

A long panel running from vitamins A, D3, E and C through the B group to choline chloride, with zinc in two forms, copper, iodine and selenium.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

36% rice, 22% salmon protein (dried), poultry fat, maize, maize protein, beet pulp, protein hydrolysate, linseed, 1% chicory powder, yeast, cellulose, whole egg powder, monocalcium phosphate, potassium chloride.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

43.5%

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

22.6%

Carbs

62.2%

Veg

Oils

9.7%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size