Dr Clauders

Dr Clauders Grain Free Wildlife: Salmon review

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

55.2/100Good

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

55.2/100Good

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

Salmon

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

Salmon28%
Salmon meal17%The concentrated half of the fish.
Potato starch, dried sweet potatoesCarry the base.
Beet pulp, potato flour, dried peas
Fish oilIn place of chicken fat, so all the animal content is fish.
Vegetarian protein hydrolysate
Yeast beta glucans, chicory powder, yuccaFor the gut.
Nettle, blackberry leaf, yarrow, fennel, cumin, chamomile, mistletoe, gentian root, centaury

Named ingredients

Salmon 28%, salmon meal 17%, potato starch, sweet potatoes (dried), beet pulp, potato flour, peas (dried), fish oil, vegetarian protein hydrolysate, yeast beta glucans, 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

Other animals on the label: None: fish oil only; Duck and lamb both carry chicken fat.
Protein, dry matter: 25.0%; The lowest; lamb is 28.3%.
Fat, dry matter: 13.0%; Gentlest of the three.

When land meats and poultry are both off the menu, this is the obvious choice.

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

341.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.2%

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

45%

Carbs

51.5%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

1.2%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size