Engage

Engage Adult with Rice: Salmon & Rice review

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

54.7/100Good

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

54.7/100Good

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

Salmon

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

Rice
Dehydrated salmon28% (product listing)Already concentrated, so the figure holds through the oven.
Sunflower oilThe named added fat.
Dehulled oats
Whole linseed, beet pulp
FishmealFish from a second entry, for marine omega.
Calcium carbonate, chicken gravy, sodium chlorideThe gravy puts chicken on a salmon label.
Yeast extract, chicory extract
Chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine hydrochlorideHelpful, but undosed.

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

Named ingredients

Rice, Dehydrated Salmon, Sunflower Oil, Dehulled Oats, Whole Linseed, Beet Pulp, Fishmeal, Calcium Carbonate, Chicken Gravy, Sodium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Chicory Extract, Chondroitin Sulphate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride. Meat content: 28% (stated only in the product listing/short description, not in the Composition block)

Against the range

Meat: Dehydrated salmon, 28%, plus fishmeal; Duck at 26% in the other bag.
Protein, fat and ash, as fed: 24%, 12%, 8.5%; A little more of each than the duck.
Carbohydrate: 48.9% of dry matter; The duck is 53.3%.

The slightly stronger analysis of the two, and fish twice over.

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

341.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

48.9%

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

27.7%

Carbs

56.5%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

8.6%

Other

Pricing & size