Forza10 Dermo Active review

The ingredient declaration is the one thing this label is missing. The analysis and a full additive panel are published, but the list of what actually goes into the kibble is not. That leaves the fish the food is named for, the carbohydrate carrying it and anything else in the recipe impossible to check off. On a diet aimed at skin, where owners usually need to know precisely which proteins a dog is meeting, that absence is the first thing to raise at the surgery.

What is itemised is the supplement side, and it is itemised closely. Vitamin D3 is declared at 998 IU per kilo, with vitamin E at 200 mg and choline chloride and DL-methionine at 500 mg. Copper is supplied as an amino acid chelate at 20 mg, a form makers reach for when they want the mineral taken up readily. Omega 3 fatty acids are printed separately at 302 mg per kilo.

A row of botanical extracts sits under sensory additives with a dose against each one. Burdock root is at 154 mg per kilo, aloe vera at 116, blackcurrant at 94, mallow at 56 and rosemary at 0.4. A tocopherol rich extract at 20.8 mg holds the fats stable in the bag. Those are small, deliberate inclusions. What the maker means them to do for a dog's skin is the maker's claim, and it is not something the analysis can show either way.

Protein converts to 28.6% of dry matter and fat to 14.3%, with crude ash at 8.8% and the carbohydrate estimate at 45.6%. Moisture is declared at 9.0% and energy is put at 347 kcal per 100g. Those are the figures the label gives; what they ought to look like for a dog with a skin problem is the conversation to have with the vet who recommended this food.

No feeding table is published with the pack either, so there is no printed chart to read a daily amount from. On a diet of this kind the amount is normally settled at the consultation rather than off the bag, which makes the vet's instruction the only guide worth following here.

It comes in 4kg and 10kg bags.