Forthglade

Forthglade Gourmet Complete Meal Adult: Duck & Venison review

Name: Forthglade Gourmet Complete Meal Adult: Duck & Venison
Brand: Forthglade

77/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Two meat-led trays, both in our Excellent band, each pairing two named animals for three quarters of the recipe. Wild boar and venison turn up as real partners, and the label reads as plainly as the recipe cooks.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with a taste for less usual meats
Owners who want the whole list pinned down, herbs included
Grain-avoiding households; neither tray has a cereal
Older dogs whose joints could use quiet help, with glucosamine and chondroitin at 50mg/kg each
A dog that never drinks much on its own

Worth watching

Two animals in each tray, so neither suits an elimination diet avoiding any of the four
Joint support at an everyday level, so a vet's prescribed dose stays as it is
No energy figure on either label; the calories shown are our estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

77/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Forthglade's guide for a dog between 10 and 25kg is 395 grams a day; let your dog's condition settle the amount.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Beef 78.9
Duck 77.0

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Very little separates the two, so pick by the animals that suit your dog.

What's in it

Duck48%
Venison27%A less usual meat, named and counted.
Green beans, apricots4% each
Minerals
Linseed oil, dried seaweed0.5%, 0.45%
Herbs: camomile, parsley, rosemary, nettle0.12%
Chicory root extract0.05%
Glucosamine, chondroitin50mg/kg each
Yucca extract0.005%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with chelated zinc, iron and copper, and iodine, every dose printed.

Named ingredients

Duck (48%)*, Venison (27%)*, Green Beans (4%)*, Apricots (4%)*, Minerals, Linseed Oil (0.5%)*, Dried Seaweed (0.45%)*, Herbs (Camomile, Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle) (0.12%)*, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide (0.05%)*, Glucosamine (50mg/kg), Chondroitin (50mg/kg), Yucca Extract (0.005%)*. *natural ingredient

Against the range

Meat: Duck 48%, venison 27%; Beef and wild boar in the other.
Fat, dry matter: 26.8%; 25.0% on the beef.
Protein, dry matter: 35.7%; 39.3% on the beef.

The pick for a dog that has done well on beef-free food.

Both trays are 75% named animal, split 48% and 27% between two species, with a percentage against every plant entry after them. The tail is shared: linseed oil, dried seaweed, four named herbs, chicory root extract as a prebiotic, glucosamine and chondroitin at 50mg/kg each, and yucca at a trace. Neither carries a cereal, and the added panel is identical, with chelated trace elements and every dose printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

72%

Dry weight

Protein

35.7%

Fat

26.8%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

14.3%

Carbs

16.1%

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

9.5%

Carbs

Veg

0.5%

Oils

0.5%

Other

10.5%

Pricing & size