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GAIN Museli review

Name: GAIN Museli
Brand: Gain

20.1/100Poor

DryAdult

A mixed-piece adult food in our Poor band, mostly because so much of the recipe is left unnamed. The orange piece is what sets it apart, and the label puts figures on it: a minimum of 4% rice, and 4% potatoes and carrots. Chicken and beef are named too, though meat and animal derivatives sits above them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that take more interest in a bowl with something to look at
Adults of any size, toy to giant, from the same bag
Owners who want part of the recipe named, chicken and beef among it
Dogs in steady everyday work. Energy runs at 335 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Chicken and beef are both in the bowl
Vegetable protein extracts lift the protein figure, from a plant never named
Carbohydrate is estimated at 54.8% of dry matter, so the plant side carries the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

20.1/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The pack table runs from 150 grams for a 7kg dog to 625 grams at 50kg, so find your dog's weight and let its shape settle the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

GAIN Museli 20.1

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Four broad headings describe most of the bag and none of them can be graded from the pack, which outweighs the small printed minimums.

What's in it

Cerealsmin 4% rice in the orange pieceA broad heading that can move with supply.
Meat and animal derivativesTied to no species, and it sits above the named chicken.
Chickenmin 4% beefTwo named meats, both digestible and palatable.
Vegetable protein extractsUnnamed plant protein, so soya, maize and wheat are all in play.
Oils and fats
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Vegetablesmin 4% potatoes and carrots in the orange pieceCarrot brings vitamin A and soluble fibre. Potato is mostly starch.
Minerals, products from the processing of plants

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8% and the energy figure is calculated.

Named ingredients

Cereals (min 4% rice in the orange piece), Meat & animal derivatives, Chicken (min 4% beef), Vegetable protein extracts, Oils & fats, Derivatives of vegetable origin, Vegetables (min 4% potatoes and carrots in the orange piece), Minerals, Products from the processing of plants

Against the range

Price and value

Sold in 3kg and 15kg bags.

A 15kg adult dog in moderate condition would take about 251 grams a day on this recipe, working from around 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). The feeding table on the pack puts a 7kg dog at 150 grams and a 50kg dog at 625 grams, and your dog's shape should settle anything in between.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

335.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

54.8%

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

40.7%

Carbs

52.7%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

3.4%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size