Imby

Imby Insect-Based Senior review

Name: Imby Insect-Based Senior
Brand: Imby

40.1/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The gentlest recipe in the Imby range and much the most plant-led, reading in our Average band because so little of its protein is animal. Insect is a garnish here at 3%. The joint supplements are doubled against the adult recipes, and taurine is dosed at 1500 mg/kg.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs slowing down, with fat at 11.0% of dry matter
Homes taking farmed meat out of the bowl almost entirely
Stiff mornings: glucosamine and chondroitin at 0.02% each, double the adult level
Dogs that do better with a little more fibre
Big or small older dogs, toy through to giant

Worth watching

Protein mostly from oats, peas, maize gluten and pea protein, which dogs digest less well than animal protein
Carbohydrate at 51.6% of dry matter, high even for a dry food
Maize gluten high on the list, which some sensitive dogs do less well on

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

How this scores

How we score

40.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size, and best for an older dog already doing well on very little meat. One moving less may need less than the guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Imby Insect-Based Senior 40.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A description of a plant-forward senior recipe, not a warning: the small animal share and high carbohydrate set the band, while the label hides nothing.

What's in it

Naked oatsFirst on the list, and most of the story.
Sweet potato, garden peas, white riceA reasonable set of carbohydrates; whole peas bring fibre with their protein.
Maize glutenA maize by-product lifting protein. Dogs digest it less comfortably than animal protein.
Pea proteinA milder version of the same idea.
Dried pumpkin, canola oil, olive oil
Insects: dried insect protein, insect oil3% (2%, 1%)Tenth on the list, there for character.
Dried brewer's yeast, minerals, dried beet pulp
Dried chicory, MOSPrebiotics.
Herbs, vegetables and berries0.1% and 0.05% eachSeasoning, printed honestly enough to show how little.
Glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphate0.02% eachDouble the adult recipes.

Taurine at 1500 mg/kg for an ageing heart, with vitamins A, D3, E and C and a dosed trace mineral set.

Calcium lands at 0.99% of dry matter, and the food is complete.

Named ingredients

Naked oats, sweet potato, garden peas, white rice, maize gluten, pea protein, dried pumpkin, canola oil, olive oil, insects 3% (dried insect protein 2%, insect oil 1%), dried brewer's yeast, minerals, dried beet pulp, dried chicory, MOS (mannan-oligosaccharides), dried thyme (0.1%), dried marjoram (0.1%), dried oregano (0.1%), dried parsley (0.1%), dried sage (0.1%), dried nettle (0.1%), dried broccoli (0.05%), dried spinach (0.05%), dried tomatoes (0.05%), dried cranberries (0.05%), dried blueberries (0.05%), glucosamine hydrochloride (0.02%), chondroitin sulfate (0.02%).

Against the range

A plant-led senior recipe: naked oats, sweet potato, garden peas and white rice at the top, maize gluten and pea protein lifting the protein, and insect tenth on the list at 3%. Fat is held to 11.0% of dry matter and fibre lifted to 4.4%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.3%

Fat

11%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

Carbs

92.3%

Veg

1.9%

Oils

1.4%

Other

1.3%

Pricing & size