Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Grain Free Wildlife: Lamb review

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

56.4/100Good

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

56.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

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

Lamb

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

Lamb meat30%The biggest meat headline of the three.
Lamb protein (dried)15%
Potato starch, potato proteinPotato starch is listed twice. A pure binder with little else to offer.
Dried sweet potatoes, dried peas, beet pulp
Tapioca (dried)Close to pure starch, there as a binder.
Chicken fatThe added fat, so chicken is in the bag.
Vegetarian protein hydrolysate
Tomato paste, cranberry, blueberries, yeast, chicory, yucca
Nettle, blackberry leaf, yarrow, fennel, cumin, chamomile, mistletoe, gentian root, centaury

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

Named ingredients

Lamb meat 30%, lamb protein (dried) 15%, potato starch, potato starch, potato protein, sweet potatoes (dried), peas (dried), beet pulp, tapioca (dried), chicken fat, vegetarian protein hydrolysate, tomato paste (dried), cranberry (dried), blueberries (dried) yeast, chicory powder, 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: 30% lamb, 15% dried lamb; 45% on all three.
Plant base: Potato starch, potato protein, sweet potato, peas, tapioca; The widest of the three.
Fat, dry matter: 16.3%; Richest; the others sit at 13.6% and 13.0%.
Calcium, dry matter: 2.17%; Highest in the range; the salmon is 1.63%.

The richest bowl of the three, and the one to pick for a dog that runs on lamb.

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

357.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

43.2%

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

53.6%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

0.5%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size