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Flourish Adult: Scottish Salmon review

Name: Flourish Adult: Scottish Salmon
Brand: Flourish

76.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

One construction with the animal swapped: 65% of a single named species in every bag, broken into fresh meat, dried meat and fat or stock. All four land in our Excellent band, with the Angus beef highest. The superfood blend is decoration and the label says as much.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who read past the headline, with fresh and dried shares printed separately
Dogs that do better off cereal. Sweet potato and beans carry the starch
Rotation feeding, since only the animal changes from bag to bag
Big dogs too: the feeding table runs up to a 40kg adult

Worth watching

An unnamed omega 3 supplement, so no recipe is reliably fish free for an exclusion diet
The 65% headline counts fat and stock as well as meat, and neither brings protein

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

How this scores

How we score

76.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. On an exclusion diet, ask Flourish where the omega 3 supplement comes from before choosing a flavour.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Angus Beef 79.6
Scottish Salmon 76.4
Free Range Chicken 75.6
English Country Duck 72.8

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Beef and salmon lead on protein and lower starch; the duck trails on the lightest protein and heaviest minerals.

What's in it

Freshly prepared Scottish salmon35%
Dried salmon23%
Salmon oil, salmon stock4%, 3%Fish all the way through.
Sweet potato, beansThe whole carbohydrate base. No cereal, no white potato.
Beet pulp
Dried superfood blend: dill, spinach, fennel, asparagus, tomatoEach item equivalent to 4% fresh before drying, so it sits a long way down the bag.
Omega 3 supplementNo species, no percentage. Its source is left open.
Minerals
FOS, MOS, olive extract175, 50 mg/kg, 0.01%Prebiotics with printed doses; the olive extract is a token antioxidant.

The shortest panel in the range: zinc, iron, manganese and iodine, with no copper or selenium declared.

Named ingredients

65% Fish (Freshly Prepared Scottish Salmon (35%), Dried Salmon (23%), Salmon Oil (4%), Salmon Stock (3%)), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Dill, Spinach, Fennel, Asparagus, Tomato), Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 175 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 50 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%), *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

Animals on the label: Salmon only; Beef, duck or chicken in the others
Copper and selenium: Not declared; Declared on the other three
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.4%; 29.9% in the beef

For a dog kept off land meats, this is the one to start with.

Every recipe declares 65% of one named species, printed as three figures: the freshly prepared meat, the dried meat, and the fat, stock or gravy with it. The fresh share is mostly water before cooking and the fat and stock bring no protein, so the dried meat holds the structure up.

Sweet potato and beans are the whole carbohydrate base, with beet pulp for fibre and no cereal or white potato. FOS and MOS carry printed doses on all four. Each recipe has its own superfood blend, and the trace minerals are sulphates, each with a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

36.4%

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.

Carbs

26.5%

Oils

65%

Other

8.5%

Pricing & size