Exe Valley

Exe Valley Adult Dry Feed: Succulent Salmon and Trout review

Name: Exe Valley Adult Dry Feed: Succulent Salmon and Trout
Brand: Exe Valley

62.9/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Five identical siblings that swap only the animal, which makes rotation easy. Every bag shows how its meat share splits into fresh, dried and stock, the detail most labels skip. All five read Good on our scoring.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who rotate flavours without changing the shape of dinner
Dogs off wheat, rice and maize: sweet potato and potato carry the starch
Label readers who want the fresh and dried shares behind the meat figure
A delicate gut, with FOS at 92 mg/kg and MOS at 23 mg/kg
Dogs of steady, everyday energy, fat at a moderate 13% to 14%

Worth watching

The omega 3 supplement at 1% names no source, so no flavour can be called fish free
Calcium is not declared on any bag
Estimated carbohydrate of 45.0% to 47.2% of dry matter, around the adult dry average

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

How this scores

How we score

62.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adult dogs. The energy figures are our own working from the analysis, so watch condition over the first weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Delicious Chicken 67.4
Tantalising Turkey 65.3
Delightful Duck 65.0
Luscious Lamb 64.6
Succulent Salmon 62.9

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Five close siblings pulling in one direction, lifted by the declared meat and held back by an ordinary starch load.

What's in it

Salmon and trout: freshly prepared, dried salmon, fish stock50% (36%, 12%, 2%)The largest fresh and smallest dried share, so more of this meat is water lost in the oven.
Sweet potato26%
Peas, potato6% potato
Beet pulp
Linseed, omega 3 supplement1% supplement
Vitamins and minerals, vegetable stock
Asparagus7.5g per kg
FOS, MOS92, 23 mg/kg

Vitamins A and D3 with a full trace mineral panel: iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium.

Named ingredients

Salmon & Trout 50% (including 36% Freshly Prepared Salmon & Trout, 12% Dried Salmon & 2% Fish Stock), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas, Potato (6%), Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement (1%), Vitamins & Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (equivalent to 7.5g per Kg of product), FOS (92 mg/kg), MOS (23 mg/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Salmon and trout, 50%; The only fish recipe of the five.
Dried share: 12%; 18% to 21% on the others.
Protein and processing: Average; Good on the rest.

The natural pick for a dog that has to stay off land meats.

Five cereal-free recipes on one sweet potato base, each printing its meat share as freshly prepared, dried and stock. Chicken leads at 55%; the other four declare 50%. Peas, potato, beet pulp and linseed follow on every bag, with FOS and MOS dosed in print.

Protein is 24% as fed on all five, 26.4% of dry matter. What changes is the animal, the potato share, a finishing herb or fruit, and how much of the meat arrives dried. The omega 3 supplement names no source, and no bag prints calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

47.2%

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

38%

Added water

13.3%

Carbs

44.2%

Other

4.5%

Pricing & size