Forthglade

Forthglade Grain Free Complete Wet Adult: Duck with Pear & Vegetables review

Name: Forthglade Grain Free Complete Wet Adult: Duck with Pear & Vegetables
Brand: Forthglade

78.4/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Nine trays built to one plan, eight in our Excellent band and the Beef and Sweet Potato a step up in Outstanding. Every plant entry carries its own percentage and not one category term appears on any label. It is a range you can rotate through without changing the shape of the bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs held to one animal: no tray adds a second animal protein
Owners who read labels closely
Grain-free homes, with sweet potato, potato flakes or butternut squash doing the starch
Rotation feeders. Seven animals across nine trays
Joints that could use quiet support, at 50mg/kg of glucosamine and chondroitin on most trays
Fish-loving dogs, with salmon and sardines each named

Worth watching

The Duck with Pear and Vegetables leaves out the joint support
Energy runs from 95 to 139 kcal per 100g, so the portion changes when you switch tray
Some calorie figures here are our estimates, as not every label prints one

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

How this scores

How we score

78.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The tray guide is printed for a dog between 10 and 25kg, so take it as a starting point and let condition decide.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Beef 80.1
Duck 78.9
Chicken 78.8
Chicken 78.6
Duck 78.4
Turkey 77.3
Sardines 77.1
Lamb 75.8
Salmon 75.5

Nine recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A range has to keep its standards up just to stay level with a strong wet shelf, and one named animal on every tray with nothing vague behind it is what lifts this one.

What's in it

Duck75%
Sweet potato4%
Peas, pear1.5%, 1%Pear is this tray's own.
Minerals
Chicory root extract0.5%Raised well above the other trays.
Linseed oil0.5%
Dried seaweed
Dried herbs: parsley, rosemary, fennel, marigold0.12%A different blend from the usual four.
Yucca extract0.005%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron and copper as glycine and amino acid chelates, and iodine, every entry dosed.

No glucosamine or chondroitin on this tray, unlike the rest of the range.

Named ingredients

Duck (75%)*, Sweet Potato (4%)*, Peas (1.5%)*, Pear (1%)*, Minerals, Chicory Root Extract (0.5%)*, Linseed Oil (0.5%)*, Dried Seaweed*, Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Fennel, Marigold) (0.12%)*, Yucca Extract (0.005%)*. *Natural ingredient

Against the range

Joint support: None; 50mg/kg each on the others
Chicory root extract: 0.5%; 0.05% elsewhere
Herbs: Parsley, rosemary, fennel, marigold; Camomile, parsley, rosemary, nettle
Fruit: Pear at 1%; No fruit on the others

The odd one out of the nine, with more prebiotic and no joint support.

Every tray opens on one named animal at 75% (the chicken and liver splits it 70% and 5%), then a named starch at 4% and carrots and peas at 2% each. A short tail of oil, seaweed, herbs, chicory root extract and yucca follows. There is no grain and no category term on any label.

Glucosamine and chondroitin sit at 50mg/kg on eight trays. The tails differ slightly: no linseed oil on the salmon and sardines, no seaweed on the turkey, and the duck with pear has its own herbs. Protein converts to between 35.0% and 44.5% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

137.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

35%

Fat

31.7%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

11.7%

Carbs

19.3%

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

10.4%

Carbs

5.5%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

0.5%

Other

4.2%