GreenAcres

GreenAcres Grain Free: Turkey & Sweet Potato review

Name: GreenAcres Grain Free: Turkey & Sweet Potato
Brand: GreenAcres

61.8/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free turkey kibble that keeps carbohydrate lower than most of its kind, at 41.4% of dry matter. Sweet potato at 29% takes the place of rice, and every gut and joint extra on the label carries a printed dose. It lands in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain, with sweet potato as the starch and no cereal at all
A dog that does well on turkey, the one meat named
Older or heavier dogs: glucosamine is dosed at 300mg/kg
An unsettled gut. MOS and chicory root come in at 1000mg/kg each
Big dogs, with feeding guidance running to 60kg

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1%, so the recipe is not fish free
Vegetable oil as the main added fat, with no plant named
No moisture or calcium figure on the panel

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

How this scores

How we score

61.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The energy figure is an estimate, so start from the bag's table (230 grams a day in the middle for a 15kg adult) and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 61.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A plain set of strengths, held back by an unnamed vegetable oil and a panel that leaves out moisture and calcium.

What's in it

Turkey meal30%Already rendered and dried, so nearly all of it reaches the kibble. Names the bird, not the parts.
Sweet potato29%Does the job rice does elsewhere in the brand's range.
Dried peas, beet pulpFibre and body; crude fibre reaches 5.1% of dry matter.
Vegetable oilThe main added fat, and no plant is named.
Linseed, alfalfa
Turkey digest3%A palatant sprayed on for flavour, with the bird named.
Salmon oil1%Puts fish in a turkey recipe.
Minerals, seaweed meal
Chicory root, MOS1000mg/kg eachTwo prebiotics working on the large intestine.
Glucosamine, yucca extract300mg/kg, 200mg/kgGlucosamine for cartilage, yucca for firmer stools.

Iron, copper, manganese and zinc in sulphate forms, with selenium as sodium selenite, the commoner of the two permitted forms, all dosed in print.

Neither moisture nor calcium is declared, so our dry-matter figures assume the usual 8% for a dry food.

Named ingredients

Turkey Meal (30%), Sweet Potato (29%), Dried Peas, Vegetable Oil, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Turkey Digest (3%), Alfalfa, Salmon Oil (1%), Minerals, Seaweed Meal, Chicory Root (1000mg/kg), MOS (1000mg/kg), Glucosamine (300mg/kg), Yucca Extract (200mg/kg)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

4.7%

Ash

8.9%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

5.1%

Ash

9.7%

Carbs

41.4%

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

33%

Carbs

53.4%

Veg

3.1%

Oils

6.6%

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size