Dr John

Dr John Gold review

Name: Dr John Gold
Brand: Dr John

49.8/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The fuller everyday recipe in the brand's cereal line, with 17% chicken declared inside the poultry meal. Wheat and maize carry most of it, which holds it in our Average band. For a dog that has never had trouble with cereal, it is an uncomplicated bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults and seniors of any size, toy to giant
A larger named chicken share, printed at 17%
Dogs that digest wheat and maize comfortably
Companion dogs on ordinary walks, with fat declared at 9.0%

Worth watching

Wheat leads the list, so a confirmed wheat problem rules it out
Beyond the 17% chicken, the poultry meal names no bird
Carbohydrate at 59.9% of dry matter, against a typical 46.2%

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

How this scores

How we score

49.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The table puts a 15kg dog around 285 grams a day; let the waistline decide where inside the range to settle.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Dr John Gold 49.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Simple arithmetic holds it a step under the typical dry food: the plant side carries the bowl, and the printed chicken and pea shares keep transparency up.

What's in it

WheatOpens the list.
Poultry meal17% chickenDried and concentrated; the rest of the poultry goes unnamed.
Maize
Chicken fatNamed to the animal.
Vegetables4% peasThe rest of the heading is left open.
Chicken gravyA palatant.
Minerals
LinseedThe quiet highlight: plant omega 3, lignans and fibre.
Yucca extractFor stool odour.

Named ingredients

Wheat, poultry meal (17% chicken), maize, chicken fat, vegetables (4% peas), chicken gravy, minerals, linseed, yucca extract.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

59.9%

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

30.5%

Carbs

56.6%

Veg

4.3%

Oils

5.5%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size