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Flourish Grain Free Light: Turkey with Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: Flourish Grain Free Light: Turkey with Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: Flourish

66.9/100Good

DryAdult

A turkey kibble for the dog who needs to eat lighter without leaving the bowl hungry. Half the recipe is turkey, with the fresh, dried and stock shares printed separately, and L-Carnitine is dosed at 500 mg per kilo. It sits in our Good band, level with the middle of the adult dry category.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog whose waistline the vet has started talking about, with fat kept low
Turkey eaters. No other animal is named on the list
Dogs off cereal altogether, on sweet potato at 16% and potato
Older joints, with glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg each and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg
A sensitive gut: beet pulp alongside FOS at 96 mg/kg and MOS at 24 mg/kg

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source named, so it cannot anchor a strict fish-free trial
Fat at 9.8% of dry matter, gentle enough to suit a steady adult more than a dog in hard work
Turkey doing half the work, for a dog that has reacted to turkey before

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

How this scores

How we score

66.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Calcium works out at 1.63% of dry matter and the label covers adults only, so a growing puppy wants a recipe written for growth.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 66.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

One named bird in a printed split and dosed minerals lift it; the low fat and starch a light recipe needs hold it back, which is the right trade for this dog.

What's in it

Turkey: freshly prepared, dried, stock50% (27%, 21%, 2%)The oven boils off the fresh share's water, so the dried 21% is most of what survives. Turkey is naturally leaner than chicken.
Sweet potato, potato16% sweet potatoHolds the kibble together; carbohydrate is an estimated 47.9% of dry matter.
Peas8%
Beet pulpFibre.
LinseedPlant omega 3, converted slowly, so judge the coat over weeks.
Omega 3 supplementNo source given, so not fish free even with no fish named.
Minerals
Cranberry0.2%A seasoning level.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170 mg/kg down to 125 mg/kgThe joint trio with figures.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3 and E, L-Carnitine at 500 mg to help the dog burn its own fat while holding muscle, and trace minerals as sulphates with sodium selenite.

Calcium at 1.63% of dry matter on an adults-only label. Not one for a growing puppy.

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (including Freshly Prepared Turkey 27%, Dried Turkey 21% & Turkey Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (16%), Potato, Peas (8%), Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Cranberry (0.2%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Turkey makes up half the recipe, printed as 27% fresh, 21% dried and 2% stock, and no other animal is named. Sweet potato at 16%, potato and peas at 8% replace cereal. Fat is held to 9%, and the weight, joint and gut extras all carry doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

47.9%

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

29%

Added water

21%

Carbs

43.1%

Other

6.9%

Pricing & size