Iams

Iams Advanced Nutrition Light in Fat Adult All Breed review

Name: Iams Advanced Nutrition Light in Fat Adult All Breed
Brand: Iams

48.8/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The calorie-controlled bag in the Iams range, and honest about how it gets there. Fat is held to 10%, and barley and maize fill the space the fat leaves. Cereal leads by design, so it lands in our Average band, doing exactly the job a dog with a little to lose needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs carrying more than their frame wants, at 344 kcal per 100 grams
Feeding a grown dog and an ageing one from the same bag
Homes with dogs of different sizes; the feeding table runs from 2kg to 80kg
Omega 3 on a lighter diet, from fish oil and linseed

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 58.6% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical
Fish oil on the list, for a fish-free household
No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures start from an assumed 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

48.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. The label asks 235 grams a day for a 15kg dog; start there and let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Iams Advanced Nutrition Light in Fat Adult All Breed 48.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The distance from the middle of the shelf comes from the calorie work the recipe is built to do, and that work is the whole attraction for the dog it is meant for.

What's in it

BarleyOpens the list. Cooked barley digests easily and brings fibre.
Maize
Dried chicken and turkey17% (chicken 10%)The main animal protein.
Fresh chicken10%Most of its listed weight cooks away.
Maize flour
Pork fatThe base of a fat level held to 10%.
Dried beet pulp2.5%Bulk that keeps a dog on trimmed portions feeling fed.
Chicken gravy, minerals0.38% sodium hexametaphosphateThe hexametaphosphate is there to keep tartar off the teeth.
Linseed, sunflower oil, fish oilPlant and marine omega 3, with vitamin E from the sunflower.
Fructooligosaccharides, brewer's dried yeast0.2% FOS

A full vitamin panel, vitamin A at 23000IU and vitamin E at 135mg per kilo, with copper, iodine, iron, manganese, zinc and selenium.

Named ingredients

Barley, maize, dried chicken and turkey 17% (including chicken 10%), fresh chicken (10%), maize flour, pork fat, dried beet pulp (2.5%), chicken gravy, minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate 0.38%), linseed, sunflower oil, fructooligosaccharides (0.2%), fish oil, brewer's dried yeast.

Against the range

One recipe: barley and maize ahead of the meat, dried chicken and turkey at 17% with fresh chicken behind, and fat held to 10% from pork fat, sunflower oil, linseed and fish oil.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

5.3%

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

Ash

5.8%

Carbs

58.6%

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

32%

Carbs

60%

Oils

4.9%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size