Dr John

Dr John Silver review

Name: Dr John Silver
Brand: Dr John

42.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Two light, low fat everyday kibbles for adult and senior dogs, both in our Average band. That reading is about how thin the animal share is, and much less about the bowl in front of your dog. Wheat leads each recipe, with a meat meal declaring 11% chicken or beef behind it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Less active adults and seniors, with fat at 6.0%
Dogs that have eaten wheat all their lives without bother
Several dogs of different sizes on one bag
A choice of poultry or beef on the same build

Worth watching

Wheat first in both, so a wheat intolerance rules them out
Neither meal names its species beyond the 11%, and the beef carries chicken too
A dog in real work will want more fat than these give

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

How this scores

How we score

42.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The labels put a dog of 10kg to 20kg on 200 to 370 grams, and condition tells you more than the chart.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Dr John Silver 42.6
Beef 42.1

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A cereal-led food with a meat contribution, still serviceable for a small, steady, older dog and honest about being simple.

What's in it

WheatForms the biscuit. The usual culprit when a dog proves intolerant of its food.
Poultry meal11% chickenDried and concentrated; the rest of the meal is unidentified.
MaizeA second cereal.
Vegetables4% peasThe rest of the heading is left open.
Chicken gravy, chicken fat
Minerals
LinseedPlant omega 3 and fibre in one go.
Yucca extractFor what owners notice in the garden.

Named ingredients

Wheat, poultry meal (11% chicken), maize, vegetables (4% peas), chicken gravy, chicken fat, minerals, linseed, yucca extract.

Against the range

Meat: Poultry meal, 11% chicken; Meat meal with 11% beef in the other.
Maize: Third on the list; Not in the beef.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 65.4%; 63.6% in the beef.
Ash, dry matter: 5.5%; 7.6% in the beef.

Poultry from top to bottom, and the more cereal-heavy of the pair.

Both recipes open on wheat and put a dried meat meal second, each declaring 11% of its named animal with the rest of the meal unidentified. Peas at 4% sit inside a vegetables heading, and linseed and yucca extract close both lists.

Fat is 6.0% in each, protein converts to under 20% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 63.6% to 65.4%. The beef adds chicken fat and chicken gravy, so poultry runs through both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

19.8%

Fat

6.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

65.4%

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

32.5%

Carbs

55.7%

Veg

6.5%

Oils

2.3%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size