Gelert

Gelert Country Choice Performance Adult: Chicken review

Name: Gelert Country Choice Performance Adult: Chicken
Brand: Gelert

61.1/100Good

DryAdult

The energy end of the Gelert line, a chicken and rice kibble built for a dog that works for its living, and it sits in our Good band. Fat at 15% is the point of it. For a gundog or farm dog in season it is a sensible tank of fuel.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs, gundogs and sporting dogs through a busy season, at 366 kcal per 100g
Owners for whom a named meat matters: chicken meat meal at 30%, fresh chicken at 6%
Dogs that get along with cereal, white rice and barley carrying the starch
Older working dogs, with seaweed, linseed and a joint pair on the list

Worth watching

Poultry fat, so the bird behind the added fat is never pinned down
A rich bowl for a dog between seasons; trim portions when the work stops

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

How this scores

How we score

61.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, aimed at those in regular work. A working dog eats more than the maintenance figure, so feed to condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 61.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named chicken and a printed meat figure pull it up, while the cereal share, the unnamed poultry fat and an undosed joint pair keep it in the middle.

What's in it

Chicken meat meal30%Dried and ground before mixing, so the 30% arrives more or less intact. The backbone of the food.
White rice26%
Barley
Poultry fatCarries the taste. Chicken, turkey, duck and goose all count as poultry.
Sugar beet pulpFibre for the gut.
Freshly prepared chicken6%Mostly flavour once the water has gone.
Potato starch, dried brewer's yeast, linseedStarch to bind; linseed for plant omega 3.
Chicken liver digest, minerals, seaweedSeaweed adds iodine and trace minerals.
Prebiotic MOS, yucca extractYucca is the old kennel answer to run smells.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, cranberryListed without amounts.

No dosed additives panel; minerals appear as a single word. Calcium at 1.74% of dry matter is fine for a grown dog, but not for a growing large breed.

Named ingredients

Chicken Meat Meal (30%), White rice (26%), Barley, Poultry Fat, Sugar beet pulp, Freshly Prepared Chicken (6%), Potato Starch, Dried Brewer's Yeast, Linseed, Chicken Liver digest, Minerals, Seaweed, Prebiotic MOS (Mannan-Oligosaccharide), Yucca extract, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Cranberry).

Against the range

Chicken meat meal leads at 30%, with white rice at 26% and barley behind and freshly prepared chicken at 6%. Fat is pushed to 15%, and the supporting cast of beet pulp, seaweed, linseed and a prebiotic carries no doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

46.7%

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

37.2%

Carbs

53.9%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

5.3%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size