Exe Valley

Exe Valley Essential Range Adult: Turkey review

Name: Exe Valley Essential Range Adult: Turkey
Brand: Exe Valley

57/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Exe Valley's plainer line, built on dried meat meal and cereals, with all four recipes in our Good band. The lamb, salmon and turkey share one rice, barley and oats base. The large breed chicken carries more meat and pulls ahead.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A large dog that gets through a lot of bag
Dogs that digest cooked cereals happily, each grain named
Label readers who like a meat meal at the top
Plant omega 3, from linseed at 2% or 3%
One named animal on the list, in the lamb, salmon and turkey

Worth watching

Poultry fat with no bird named in the large breed chicken
Cereal based throughout, so not for grain-free homes
Older inorganic mineral forms, which the gut takes up a little less readily

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

How this scores

How we score

57/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs, with the chicken written for large breeds. The energy figures are our estimates, so weigh the first fortnight's portions.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Large Breed Chicken 62.8
Salmon 57.4
Turkey 57.0
Lamb 55.5

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The large breed chicken leads on the strength of its extra meal, and the other three sit a little behind on a heavier cereal base.

What's in it

Turkey meal26%
Rice26%
Barley, oats
Rapeseed oil
Linseed, turkey gravyNo percentage on the linseed here.
Beet pulp, alfalfa
Minerals, seaweed, chicoryPrinted without figures, unlike the siblings.

The same dosed panel as the rest of the range.

Named ingredients

Turkey Meal (26%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Rapeseed Oil, Linseed, Turkey Gravy, Beet Pulp, Alfalfa, Minerals, Seaweed, Chicory.

Against the range

Percentages printed: Meal and rice only; Lamb and salmon print more
Protein, dry matter: 25.0%; Level with the salmon
Fat: 11%; 10% on the salmon

A plain single-bird recipe for a dog that does well on turkey.

Every recipe opens on a dried meat meal, so the declared share holds through cooking, though meal tells you the species and little else. Lamb, salmon and turkey sit at 26% meal over rice at 26% with barley and oats, rapeseed oil for fat and linseed for plant omega 3.

The large breed chicken is a different build: 35% chicken meal, maize second, rice at 14%, poultry fat and a joint pair. The vitamin and mineral panel is identical on every bag, with metals as sulphates and selenium as sodium selenite. No moisture is printed, so dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

333.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

49.5%

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

29.6%

Carbs

61.4%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

4.2%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size