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Flourish Grain Free Senior/Light: Trout and Salmon review

Name: Flourish Grain Free Senior/Light: Trout and Salmon
Brand: Flourish

63.1/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A fish recipe in our Good band, written for two dogs at once: the one heading into old age and the one told to ease off. Half the bag is trout and salmon, declared right down to the oil and the stock. The joint trio and L-Carnitine carry printed doses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs. It is written for the senior years, not adapted to them
Dogs kept off land meats: trout and salmon are the only animals
A waistline to watch, with fat at 8% and L-Carnitine at 480 mg per kilo
Stiffening hips or elbows. Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin are all dosed
Dull coats, with salmon oil at 3% in the recipe

Worth watching

Pea protein and potato protein put part of the protein reading on the plant side
Carbohydrate at 51.6% of dry matter against 46.2% typical
No selenium figure on the trace element panel

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

How this scores

How we score

63.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Every animal ingredient is fish, so confirm your dog is fine on it before ordering.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Trout

The score, in context

Trout 63.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It arrives at Good quietly; the plant side is the counterweight, and for an older or lighter dog that is a sensible shape.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout30%Takes a lot of water into the oven.
Dried salmon11%A bigger share of the finished kibble than the list suggests.
Freshly prepared salmon, salmon oil, salmon stock4%, 3%, 2%The oil brings marine omega 3 a dog uses directly.
Sweet potato24%Binds the kibble in place of cereal.
Potato, peas6% peas
Beet pulpThe fibre.
Pea protein, potato proteinProcessing by-products that lift the protein figure.
LinseedA second omega source.
Minerals, vegetable stock, asparagus0.3% asparagus
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, FOS, MOS170 mg/kg down to 24 mg/kgJoint support and prebiotics, each dosed.

L-Carnitine at 480 mg per kilo, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine dosed one by one.

No selenium figure printed. It is required in a complete food, so ask Flourish for the amount if you want it.

Named ingredients

Trout & Salmon 50% (including Freshly Prepared Trout 30%, Dried Salmon 11%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 4%, Salmon Oil 3%, Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Potato, Peas (6%), Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Linseed, Potato Protein, Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (0.3%), 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

Trout and salmon make up 50% of the recipe, split into fresh trout, dried and fresh salmon, oil and stock, each with its own figure. Sweet potato at 24% leads a grain-free plant side, and pea protein and potato protein help the protein figure along.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

48%

Added water

2.6%

Carbs

47.2%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size