Gain

GAIN Supreme review

Name: GAIN Supreme
Brand: Gain

23.3/100Poor

DryAdult

A plain cereal-based kibble for settled adult dogs, in our Poor band. That band is mostly about what the label declines to pin down. Chicken and beef are named inside a broad meat line, and the fibre thinking, sugar beet pulp with chicory, is the nicest part of the recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Settled adult dogs that already get on with chicken and beef
Homes with dogs at both ends of the size range: the table covers a 4kg lapdog and a 60kg giant
Digestion that likes fibre, from sugar beet pulp and chicory FOS
Omega 3 in the recipe, here from linseed

Worth watching

Unnamed cereals, so nothing to work from if wheat or maize is a problem
Meat and animal derivatives can carry other species beyond the chicken and beef
Fish and fish derivatives near the end of the list

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

How this scores

How we score

23.3/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label asks 228 grams a day for a 13kg dog and 305 grams for 20kg; let the waistline settle the difference.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

GAIN Supreme 23.3

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The reading is the label's doing more than the bowl's: a category where the first grain should be named, meat described mostly by family, and carbohydrate above the norm.

What's in it

CerealsNo grain named, and it can change from one run to the next.
Meat and animal derivatives, including chicken and beefmin 14% chicken, min 4% beefThe two named meats are the parts you can count on; other species can sit in the same line.
Oils and fatsSource not named.
Derivatives of vegetable originmin 4%
Sugar beet pulp, chicory FOSSoluble and insoluble fibre, then a prebiotic.
MineralsA single word, with no dosed panel.
Seeds (linseed)Plant omega 3, which a dog works on slowly.
Fish and fish derivativesSo not a fish-free bowl.
Products from the processing of plants

Calcium works out at 1.63% of dry matter, towards the upper end for growth if a puppy shares the bowl.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat & animal derivatives (min 14% Chicken (min 4% beef), Oils & fats, Derivatives of vegetable origin (min 4%), Sugar beet pulp, (min 15% Chicory FOS), Minerals, Seeds (Linseed), Fish & fish derivatives, Products from the processing of plants

Against the range

One cereal-based adult kibble. Cereals lead without a grain named, and the meat line is meat and animal derivatives with chicken at a minimum of 14% and beef at a minimum of 4% inside it. Sugar beet pulp and chicory FOS handle the fibre, linseed the omega 3. With no moisture declared, our conversions use 8%.

Price and value

Sold in a 15kg bag.

As a guide, an adult dog of 15kg in moderate condition eats around 244 grams a day, working from about 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). The label's own table asks 228 grams for a 13kg dog and 305 grams for one of 20kg. That lands close to the estimate above, and where the two differ the waistline decides.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

53.8%

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.

Carbs

96%

Oils

Pricing & size