Gelert

Gelert Country Choice Maintenance Puppy review

Name: Gelert Country Choice Maintenance Puppy
Brand: Gelert

56.9/100Good

DryPuppy

A rice-led puppy kibble that keeps its animal content to chicken alone and prints the calcium figure a big pup needs. It converts to 1.09% of dry matter, inside the tighter window large breed rearing works to. The grain-heavy base keeps it in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to one animal while they grow: chicken is the only one named
Large and giant breed pups, with calcium right where controlled growth wants it
Joint support with a dose: glucosamine at 175 mg/kg, chondroitin at 125 mg/kg
Calmer, steadier pups, on a leaner recipe with fat declared at 10.0%
Owners who like a named prebiotic in the bag

Worth watching

White rice, maize and barley make it starch-heavy, and maize protein lifts the protein figure from a plant
Modest fat and 349 kcal per 100g, so a lively pup needs a decent bowlful
Chicken in the meat, fat and digest, with nothing to fall back on for a pup that reacts to it

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

How this scores

How we score

56.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Use the chart on the pack for your pup's age and expected adult size, and adjust as growth slows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Gelert Country Choice Maintenance Puppy 56.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that does several things properly and one thing conservatively: the share of rice, maize and barley is what holds it where it is.

What's in it

White rice30%Gentle and easily digested, and the biggest single entry.
Chicken meat meal20%Rendered and dried, so its protein carries through largely as declared. The only meat.
Maize
Dried maize protein15%Plant protein raising the figure; meat gives a growing dog a better amino acid balance.
BarleyFibre, with selenium and copper.
Dried brewer's yeastB vitamins and a complete protein.
Chicken fat5%
Flaxseed oil1.5%Plant omega 3.
Chicken digest, minerals, MOS1% digestThe digest is for taste; MOS is the prebiotic.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, yucca extract, cranberry175, 125, 500, 100 mg/kgReadable numbers, not a name-check.

Named ingredients

White Rice (30%), Chicken Meat Meal (20%), Maize, Dried Maize Protein (15%), Barley, Dried Brewer's Yeast, Chicken Fat (5%), Flaxseed Oil (1.5%), Chicken Digest (1%), Minerals, Prebiotics MOS (Mannan-Oligosaccharide), Glucosamine (175 mg/kg), Chondroitin (125 mg/kg), Yucca Extract (500 mg/kg), Cranberry (100 mg/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

349 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

10%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

5.4%

Carbs

50.6%

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

21%

Carbs

65.4%

Oils

6.5%

Other

7.1%

Pricing & size