Fleischeslust

Fleischeslust Sensitive Sausage: Pure Horse review

Name: Fleischeslust Sensitive Sausage: Pure Horse
Brand: Fleischeslust

75.4/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

A short-list sausage taken seriously: one animal at 75%, one starch, a named oil and the minerals. Duck, turkey, horse and lamb each get their own recipe, and none borrows from another species. All four reach our Excellent band, which makes the range a genuinely useful tool for an exclusion diet.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Exclusion diets. Every recipe holds to one named animal
A list you can read in one go, with Pure Horse at eight entries
Dogs that have reacted to poultry and beef, as horse is a protein almost none have met
A temperamental gut, with one or two plant entries and a binder
Rotating within one brand, four recipes on the same plan

Worth watching

Pure Lamb is the lightest on protein at 9.3% as fed, and carries the most minerals
Amaranth on the duck recipe, a seed and not a cereal
An estimated energy figure on Lean Turkey, so treat its portion as a starting point

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

How this scores

How we score

75.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The calorie figures differ a fair way between the four, so weigh portions afresh each time you switch recipe.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Lean Turkey 76.8
Fresh Farmers Duck 76.2
Pure Horse 75.4
Pure Lamb 74.4

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four sit in the upper half of the wet band, with very little between them.

What's in it

Horse: offal, meat75%A protein almost no dog has met before.
Broth11%
Potato8.5%
Potato starchThe binder.
Minerals
Yucca root
Safflower oil0.2%
Eggshell mealCalcium.

Named ingredients

75 % horse (offal, meat), 11 % broth, 8.5 % potato, potato starch, minerals, yucca root, 0.2 % safflower oil, eggshell meal.

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 51.6%; Highest of the four.
Fat, dry matter: 21.0%; Leanest; 29.7% on the lamb.
List length: Eight entries; Nine on the others.

For a dog that has reacted to the usual meats, this is the cleanest start in the range.

Each recipe declares 75% of one animal, names the parts used and lets no second species onto the list. Even the added oil is named. A small starch sits behind the meat, potato starch binds it, and broth carries a percentage between 9% and 11%.

Eggshell meal and minerals do the calcium work, landing between 0.86% and 1.2% of dry matter. There is no botanical flourish and no supplement panel, which is the point when the aim is to find out what a dog tolerates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114.7 kcal/100g

Protein

13%

Fat

5.3%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

1.8%

Moisture

74.8%

Dry weight

Protein

51.6%

Fat

21%

Fibre

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

18.3%

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

75%

Added water

11%

Carbs

11.8%

Oils

0.2%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £10.61 (RRP)
Pack: 200 g, 400 g, 800 g (also sold by the tray: 15 x 200 g, 16 x 400 g, 12 x 800 g)
A 15kg dog eats: 620 to 920 g a day, 770 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £8.17

The largest daily portion of the four.

Premium end of the market for a wet food, and fair value for the quality.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.