Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Grain Free Wildlife: Duck review

Name: Dr Clauders Grain Free Wildlife: Duck
Brand: Dr Clauders

55.4/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Three recipes built the same way, each around one headline animal named twice on the label. The vegetarian protein hydrolysate is the detail that sets the range apart: a single-species promise is not quietly undone by an unnamed animal hydrolysate. Potato and peas stand in for cereal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners choosing by protein, as the animal is very nearly the only difference
Dogs kept off cereal
Mixed households, with labels written for toy breeds through to giants
Anyone who likes a herbal tail on a label: nettle, yarrow, fennel and chamomile close every list
A dog that needs one complete adult food to settle on

Worth watching

Chicken fat in the duck and the lamb, which leaves the salmon as the chicken-free choice
Calcium high for a dry food, an adult level unsuited to growing puppies
No calorie or moisture figure printed, so both are our estimates

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

How this scores

How we score

55.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. For a dog avoiding chicken, check you are ordering the salmon.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Lamb 56.4
Duck 55.4
Salmon 55.2

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

There is barely anything between the three, so the animal should decide it.

What's in it

Potato flourFirst on the list, doing the binding.
Duck meat25%Fresh weight, most of it left behind in the oven.
Duck protein (dried)20%Carries most of the protein into the kibble.
Beet pulp, dried apple, dried peas
Linseed
Vegetarian protein hydrolysateDeclared vegetarian, so no hidden animal.
Dicalcium phosphate
Chicken fatThe added fat, and a chicken entry in a duck recipe.
Dried cranberry, blueberries, yeast beta glucans, yucca
Nettle, blackberry leaf, yarrow, fennel, cumin, chamomile, mistletoe, gentian root, centauryTraditional European seasoning at trace level.

Chicken fat on the list, so a chicken-avoiding dog needs the salmon.

Named ingredients

Potato flour, duck meat 25%, duck protein (dried) 20%, beet pulp, apple (dried), peas (dried), linseed, vegetarian protein hydrolysate, dicalcium phosphate, chicken fat, cranberry (dried), blueberries (dried), yeast beta glucans, yucca shidigera powder, nettle (dried), blackberry leaf (dried), yarrow (dried), fennel (dried), cumin (dried), chamomile blossoms (dried), mistletoe (dried), gentian root (dried), centaury (dried).

Against the range

Meat: 25% duck, 20% dried duck; 45% on all three; the lamb leads with 30% fresh.
Fruit and veg: Apple, peas, cranberry, blueberries; The fullest of the three.
Protein, dry matter: 26.1%; Lamb 28.3%, salmon 25.0%.
Fat, dry matter: 13.6%; The lamb is richer at 16.3%.

The leaner shape in the range, with the most fruit on the label.

Each recipe names its animal twice, as meat and as a dried protein of the same species, adding to 45% of the label. Potato does the binding throughout, as flour in the duck and as starch in the lamb and salmon, with peas behind it. Every protein hydrolysate is declared vegetarian, so no unnamed animal slips in that way.

The same herb run closes every list at trace level. What varies is the added fat (chicken fat in the duck and lamb, fish oil in the salmon) and the plant base. Calcium runs from 1.63% to 2.17% of dry matter, an adult level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.8%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13.6%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

48%

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

45%

Carbs

43.5%

Veg

5.8%

Oils

0.6%

Other

5.1%

Pricing & size