Engage

Engage Adult with Rice: Duck & Rice review

Name: Engage Adult with Rice: Duck & Rice
Brand: Engage

53.8/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Two rice-based kibbles in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food. Rice and oats stand in for maize, and the fat is named sunflower oil. Joint ingredients come as standard, though without a dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that digest rice comfortably
Adult and older dogs sharing one bag
Joint ingredients included as standard
A named added fat, where many labels just say animal fat

Worth watching

Chicken gravy and fishmeal in both, so neither is free of chicken or fish
The joint pair is never dosed

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

How this scores

How we score

53.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The calorie figures are our estimates, so let the scales settle the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Salmon 54.7
Duck 53.8

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A food doing everything competently and nothing remarkably, lifted by the joint ingredients and the named oil.

What's in it

RiceAmong the gentler cereals.
Dehydrated duck meat26% (product listing)Already concentrated, so the figure does not shrink in the oven. The 26% comes from the listing, not the composition.
Sunflower oilNamed, low in saturated fat, with natural vitamin E.
Dehulled oatsFibre, manganese, selenium and B vitamins.
Whole linseed, beet pulpPlant omega 3 and fibre.
Fishmeal, chicken gravyMarine omega, and a palatant. Together they bring fish and chicken into a duck bag.
Sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, mono-dicalcium phosphate
Yeast extract, chicory extractFlavour, and food for the gut's own bacteria.
Chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine hydrochlorideAt the very bottom of the list, with no dose.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with copper, selenium, iron, manganese, zinc and iodine dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Rice, Dehydrated Duck Meat, Sunflower Oil, Dehulled Oats, Whole Linseed, Beet Pulp, Fishmeal, Chicken Gravy, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Mono-Dicalcium Phosphate, Yeast Extract, Chicory Extract, Chondroitin Sulphate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride. Meat content: 26% (stated only in the product listing/short description, not in the Composition block)

Against the range

Meat: Dehydrated duck, 26%; Dehydrated salmon at 28%.
Protein and fat, as fed: 22% and 11%; The salmon is 24% and 12%.
Carbohydrate: 53.3% of dry matter; The salmon is 48.9%.

The lighter of the two, for a dog that suits duck and is fine with fish and chicken in small amounts.

Both recipes put rice first and dehulled oats a few places behind, with one dehydrated meat, duck or salmon, as the named animal. Sunflower oil is the added fat and whole linseed and fishmeal cover the omega side.

Chicken gravy and fishmeal are on both lists, so neither bag is one animal. Chondroitin and glucosamine close both, with no dose given. Trace minerals are printed with doses on each. Carbohydrate converts to 53.3% of dry matter on the duck and 48.9% on the salmon.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.2%

Fat

12.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

53.3%

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

28.3%

Carbs

56.3%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

8.6%

Other

6.7%

Pricing & size