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Flourish Hypoallergenic: Lamb & Rice review

Name: Flourish Hypoallergenic: Lamb & Rice
Brand: Flourish

56.1/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Two grain-based recipes with short lists and one named meat at the top: 29% chicken or 28% lamb. Rice at 26% does most of the rest. It is a limited ingredient food by design, sold for sensitivity, and it does that job plainly.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Itchy or unsettled dogs whose bowl you want to simplify
Dogs that have reacted to wheat or soya, which neither list contains
Owners who like the meat named as the animal itself
Dogs settled on rice
Adults at a settled weight. Fat reads 8% on the chicken and 9.5% on the lamb
Two-dog homes, since the recipes are built alike

Worth watching

Hypoallergenic here means a short list, and both recipes are built on grain
Chicken fat in the lamb recipe, which rules it out of an elimination trial for a chicken-sensitive dog
Unnamed dried fish in the chicken recipe, so it is not fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

56.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. If the reason for buying is a suspected sensitivity, check the second animal on whichever label you pick.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Chicken 56.3
Lamb 56.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The pair sits with the middle of the shelf, held there by a grain trio that takes up most of the bowl after the meat.

What's in it

Dried lamb26%Pre-dried, the useful form.
Lamb gravy2%
Rice26%The usual grain when a recipe is meant to be uneventful.
Barley, oatsFibre and B vitamins.
Brewer's yeast
Chicken fatThe added fat comes from chicken, so this is not a chicken free food.
Beet pulp2%Rounds off the fibre.
Minerals, vitamins
Yucca schidigera extract190 mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3 and E, plus iron, zinc, manganese, iodine and selenium as sodium selenite, each with a figure.

Calcium reads 2.5% of dry matter, well up on the chicken recipe. The label is written for adults.

Named ingredients

Lamb 28% (Including Dried Lamb 26% & Lamb Gravy 2%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Brewer's Yeast, Chicken Fat, Beet Pulp (2%), Minerals, Vitamins, Yucca Schidigera Extract (190 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: 28%: dried lamb and lamb gravy; 29% on the chicken
Protein, dry matter: 23.9%; 26.1% on the chicken
Fat, dry matter: 10.3%; 8.7% on the chicken
Ash, dry matter: 9.8%; 6.0% on the chicken

The one for a dog that does well on lamb and is fine with chicken fat.

Both recipes put one named meat on top, mostly pre-dried, then rice at 26% with barley and oats behind it and beet pulp at 2%. Neither list carries wheat, maize or soya, and brewer's yeast and yucca extract at 190 mg/kg sit on both.

The meat is what varies, along with a hidden second animal: dried fish of no named species in the chicken, chicken fat in the lamb. The lamb also runs higher in ash and calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

52.7%

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

Added water

26%

Carbs

61.2%

Oils

2.8%

Other

Pricing & size