JosiDog

JosiDog Senior/Light review

Name: JosiDog Senior/Light
Brand: JosiDog

38.5/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A light senior food that does one job on purpose: it takes energy out of the bowl for dogs that no longer need much. Fat is held to 8.7% of dry matter and energy to 342 kcal per 100g. It finishes in our Average band, an ordinary result for a lean everyday food past a dog's running years.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs whose energy needs have dropped
Dogs with a bit of weight to lose
A senior and a younger adult in the same house
Big seniors as well as small, with a feeding table from 5kg to 80kg
Dogs that do better with more fibre, at 3.6% of dry matter

Worth watching

Protein light at 22.8% of dry matter, when keeping muscle on an ageing dog takes protein
Carbohydrate estimated at 58.3% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical
Barley, so gluten is in the bowl
Meat and bone meal and hydrolysed animal protein with no species named

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

How this scores

How we score

38.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The maker asks 155 grams at 10kg and 230 grams at 20kg, so set the portion between them and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

JosiDog Senior/Light 38.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Light protein and a starch share that outweighs the meat hold it where it is, and both follow from a food designed to take energy out of the bowl.

What's in it

Whole grain maizeThe main energy source.
BarleyFibre plus selenium and copper; carries gluten.
Dried poultry proteinGoes in dry, so little is lost between label and bowl.
RiceThe gentlest of the three cereals on an older digestion.
Beet fibreLets a smaller portion still feel like a meal.
Meat and bone mealA rendered meal with its own calcium and phosphorus; origin left open.
Poultry fatNamed only to the family.
Hydrolysed poultry protein, hydrolysed animal proteinThere for the nose: savoury fragments for an older dog with a fading sense of smell.
Minerals

Every line dosed, with zinc as a glycine chelate at 160 mg per kilo, iron at 200 mg, copper at 20 mg and vitamin E at 150 mg.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Whole grain maize; barley; dried poultry protein; rice; beet fibre; meat and bone meal; poultry fat; hydrolysed poultry protein; hydrolysed animal protein; minerals

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341.8 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.1%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

58.3%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size