Gentle

Gentle Dog Food review

Name: Gentle Dog Food
Brand: Gentle

72.1/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

An Excellent cold-pressed food put together with unusual care, and a step above where its category tends to land. Dried chicken and brown rice sit level at the top at 28% each, with duck behind. Herring oil at 6.5% is a far larger marine inclusion than most labels manage.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the whole recipe quantified, line by line
A young dog and an old one fed off the same bag, on adjusted amounts
Dogs that benefit from a marine oil
Wheat off the menu. It appears nowhere on the list
Stiffening joints, with green lipped mussel meat declared at 0.5%

Worth watching

Chicken and duck both appear, so a single-protein plan is out
Fish, shellfish and egg in every pellet
Brown rice and maize germ rule it out for grain-free feeding

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

How this scores

How we score

72.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. Gentle's chart gives 120 grams a day at 10kg and 240 grams at 20kg; let the waistline settle the final scoop.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Gentle Dog Food 72.1

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that figures every entry and a serious marine oil lift it; brown rice level with the chicken keeps it from climbing higher.

What's in it

Dried ground chicken meat28%Already dry, so far more real protein than fresh chicken at the same figure.
Brown rice, thermally pre-treated28%Pre-treated so the starch digests in a pellet that never sees high heat.
Dried ground duck meat9%A second named bird.
Herring oil6.5%Long chain omega 3, the recipe's clearest strength.
Maize germ, rice germ5% eachThe oil and vitamin rich part of the grain, without the starchy endosperm.
Rapeseed oil, linseed oil3% each
Beet vulgaris, sea algae3%, 2%Fibre, then iodine and a spread of minerals.
Dried vegetable and herb mixtures1.5%, 1%Inulin comes in with the chicory.
Dried egg yolk, yucca schidigera1% eachYucca is there for stool odour.
Silica, green mineral clay, green lipped mussel meat0.8%, 0.6%, 0.5%The two minerals are carriers and flow agents in a pressed pellet.

A full table of vitamins with doses, choline chloride at 2000mg/kg, and copper, manganese and zinc all as glycine chelates.

No calcium figure printed, the one thing a label this thorough leaves out. Ask before rearing a large breed puppy on it.

Named ingredients

Dried Ground Chicken Meat (28%), Brown Rice (thermally pre-treated)(28%), Dried Ground Duck Meat (9%), Herring Oil (6.5%), Maize Germ (5%), Rice Germ (5%), Rapeseed Oil (3%), Linseed Oil (3%), Beet Vulgaris (3%), Sea Algae (2%), Dried Vegetable Mixture (parsnip, chard, celery, chicory, parsley roots) (1.5%), Dried Herb Mixture (stinging nettle, fennel, caraway, chamomile) (1%), Dried Egg Yolk (1%), Yucca Schidigera (dried and ground) (1%), Silica (0.8%), Green Mineral Clay (0.6%), Green Lipped Mussel Meat (0.5%)

Against the range

One cold-pressed recipe for every dog at every age. Every ingredient carries its own percentage, and together they account for very nearly the whole bag, with the fortification table published dose by dose behind them.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359 kcal/100g

Protein

26.8%

Fat

10.8%

Fibre

Ash

6.8%

Dry weight

Protein

29.1%

Fat

11.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.4%

Carbs

48.5%

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

38.9%

Carbs

38.4%

Veg

3.5%

Oils

12.6%

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size