Forthglade

Forthglade British Classics Complete Meal Adult: Chicken Family Lunch review

Name: Forthglade British Classics Complete Meal Adult: Chicken Family Lunch
Brand: Forthglade

77.1/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Three Sunday favourites turned into single-animal wet meals, all in our Excellent band. What sets the range apart is how plainly the label is written: one meat at 75%, a percentage against every vegetable, and an additive panel with a figure beside every entry. Few wet foods make an exclusion diet this easy.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs held to a single animal. Nothing else animal appears on any of the three labels
Grain-avoiding homes, with potato, peas and parsnip carrying the small starch share
Owners who like additives dosed in print, vitamin A at 2,500 IU and zinc at 50 mg per kilo among them
Adult dogs of every build, toy to giant, on one recipe
Dogs that never drink enough, at 70.0% moisture

Worth watching

Dried vegetables printed twice. The chicken's dried potato reads 3% dry and 12% rehydrated, the same ingredient
Lamb Shepherd's Pie at 21.7% ash in dry matter, well above its siblings
Calorie figures that are our estimate, not declared

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

How this scores

How we score

77.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The energy figures are estimates, so treat the portion as a starting point and adjust to your dog's condition.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hearty Turkey Stew 78.9
Chicken Family Lunch 77.1
Lamb Shepherd's Pie 75.8

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

One build, three recipes, finishing level with each other, and the turkey edges ahead on protein and processing.

What's in it

Chicken75%The only animal on the label.
Dried potato3% (equivalent to 12%)Printed dry and rehydrated. Both figures describe the same potato.
Peas, parsnip1.5%, 1%
Dried carrots1% (equivalent to 8%)
Minerals
Linseed oil0.5%A plant oil, so the single-animal claim holds.
Dried herbs: parsley, rosemary, nettle, camomile0.12%Named in full, where most makers write herbs.
Chicory root extract, yucca extract0.05%, 0.005%A prebiotic, and a trace inclusion aimed at what comes out of the dog.

Zinc, iron and copper as glycine chelates, which usually absorb better than plain salts, with vitamins A, D3 and E all dosed.

Named ingredients

Chicken Family Lunch - Chicken (75%)*, Dried Potato (3%, equivalent to 12%)*, Peas (1.5%)*, Parsnip (1%)*, Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8%)*, Minerals, Linseed Oil (0.5%)*, Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Camomile) (0.12%)*, Chicory Root Extract (0.05%)*, Yucca Extract (0.005%)*. *Natural ingredient

Against the range

Energy: 132 kcal per 100g, estimated; Densest of the three; the lamb is the lightest.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 24.3%; Highest here; the lamb is 14.3%.
Ash, dry matter: 10.0%; Lowest; the lamb reaches 21.7%.

The densest and starchiest of the three, and the lightest on minerals.

Each recipe is 75% of one named meat, and nothing else animal appears on the label; even the oil is linseed. No cereal anywhere. Every vegetable carries a percentage, and the dried ones are given twice, dry and rehydrated, so the plant share is larger than a quick read suggests.

The same herb blend, chicory root extract, yucca extract and dosed additive panel close all three. Moisture is 70.0% throughout. What moves is the vegetables and the ash: 10.0% of dry matter on the chicken, 13.3% on the turkey and 21.7% on the lamb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

132 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

11%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

36.7%

Fat

26.7%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

10%

Carbs

24.3%

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

10.7%

Carbs

4.5%

Veg

Oils

0.5%

Other

7.3%

Pricing & size