Gentle

Gentle Goat review

Name: Gentle Goat
Brand: Gentle

60.1/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

A cold-pressed food built around goat, a meat almost no other diet in this country uses. For a dog that has already been through chicken, beef and lamb, that is the reason to look. The label is open about everything, down to a dose for each vitamin. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with a history of reacting to the usual meats; goat is the only named meat
An older dog whose joints are on your mind, with green lipped mussel extract on the list
Fast eaters. Cold-pressed pellets soften and break apart in the stomach without swelling
Multi-dog households, as one bag covers toy to giant and puppy to senior

Worth watching

Fish oil, green lipped mussel, egg yolk and gelatine all appear, so fish, shellfish and egg are in the bowl
Rice germ is a cereal, which rules out a strict grain-free plan

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

How this scores

How we score

60.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size, with calcium at 1.33% of dry matter suiting growth. Check the fish and egg entries against your dog's history before ordering.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Goat

The score, in context

Gentle Goat 60.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Goat at 18% leaves the plants doing much of the lifting, and the openness of the label is what holds the score up.

What's in it

Goat meat (dried and ground)18%A lean red meat few dogs have met. A real inclusion, though the leading cold-pressed foods give meat more.
Vegetables: peas, beetroot, parsnip, beta vulgaris18%Named in full, so the group cannot drift between batches.
Potato flakes17%
Rice germThe part of the grain richest in B vitamins. Still a cereal.
Herbs, linseed, sea algae
Sea fish oil, hemp oilMarine and plant omega fats.
Milk thistle seeds, fennel seeds, blueberries
Gelatine, egg yolk powder
Green lipped mussel meat extractThe joint ingredient, undosed and well down the list.
Bentonite, yucca schidigera

Every vitamin and mineral printed with a figure, and copper, manganese and zinc as glycine chelates.

Named ingredients

Goat Meat (dried and ground)(18%), Vegetables (peas, beetroot, parsnip, beta vulgaris)(18%), Potato flakes (17%), Rice Germ, Herbs (dried and ground), Linseed, Sea algae, Sea fish oil, Milk Thistle seeds, Hemp oil, Gelatine, Fennel seeds, Blueberries (dried and ground), Egg yolk powder, Green lipped mussel meat extract, Bentonite and Bentonite-Montmorillonite, Yucca Schidigera (dried and ground)

Against the range

One cold-pressed food built on dried, ground goat at 18%. A named vegetable group at 18% and potato flakes at 17% follow, with rice germ bringing a cereal. Every vitamin and mineral carries a printed dose and moisture is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24.8%

Fat

10.4%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

6.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27%

Fat

11.3%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

50%

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

18.5%

Carbs

40.9%

Veg

21.9%

Oils

Other

15.6%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £6.14 (RRP)
Pack: 5 kg bag, 14 kg bag, two 14 kg bags, also sold as a bundle "Gentle Fish Dog Food 14Kg Bag and Gentle Goat Dog Food 14Kg Bag:"
A 15kg dog eats: 120 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.74

Middle of the market for a cold-pressed food, and you pay a little more than the analysis alone would justify.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.