Kirkland

Kirkland Signature Adult Dog review

Name: Kirkland Signature Adult Dog
Brand: Kirkland

65/100Good

DryAdult

A big-bag chicken kibble that puts its weight where a label reader looks first, and a Good band result to match the typical adult dry food. Chicken comes fresh and as meal at the same 18%, so the fresh weight is not flattering the list. The mineral panel is the quiet strength.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs of any size that get on with chicken
Owners who want trace minerals named and dosed, with chelated iron and zinc at 150 mg per kilo
Dogs that do better on a lighter starch load. Carbohydrate is an estimated 44.5% of dry matter
A mixed pack, toy to giant, all on one label
Some omega support built in from fish meal and flaxseed

Worth watching

Chicken in the meat, the meal and the fat, so a chicken-sensitive dog has nowhere to hide
Fish meal mid-list, which rules out a fish-free diet
Beet pulp declared as genetically modified

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

How this scores

How we score

65/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults from toy to giant. It comes only as a 12kg bag, so check you have room for it and that your dog takes to chicken first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Kirkland Signature Adult Dog 65.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Every pillar reads Good or better, so no one strong leg is propping up a weak one.

What's in it

Chicken18%Weighed wet, so the oven takes some of it off.
Chicken meal18%Carries protein into the finished kibble. Matching the fresh figure is the useful part.
Whole grain brown rice16%Keeps more of the original grain than refined rice.
Cracked pearled barleyCooks down easily. It carries gluten.
Chicken fat
Dried whole eggHard to beat for digestibility.
Dried beet pulp, potatoesThe beet pulp is printed as genetically modified.
Fish meal, flaxseedMarine and plant omega 3 side by side.
Natural flavour, brewers yeast, milletMillet is gluten free and gentle.
Carrots, peas, kelp, apples, cranberries, rosemary extract, parsley, chicory root0.03% chicoryRosemary preserves; the inulin in chicory feeds gut bacteria. The rest decorates.

A full vitamin panel plus iron, zinc, manganese and copper partly as amino acid chelates, the form a gut absorbs most readily, with selenium and iodine printed too.

Named ingredients

Chicken (18%), chicken meal (18%), whole grain brown rice (16%), cracked pearled barley, chicken fat, dried whole egg, dried beet pulp*, potatoes, fish meal, flaxseed, natural flavour, brewers yeast, millet, carrots, peas, dried kelp, apples, cranberries, rosemary extract, parsley flake, dried chicory root (0.03%). *Produced from genetically modified dried beet pulp

Against the range

Chicken is declared twice at the top, fresh at 18% and as meal at 18%, with brown rice at 16% and pearled barley behind. Egg, fish meal and flaxseed fill the middle, and the trace minerals are part chelated with every one dosed in print.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.4 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

44.5%

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

46.6%

Carbs

45.2%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

6.4%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £2.84 (RRP)
Pack: 12kg (net weight on pack: 12 kg) - this is the only size sold; `ITM. / ART. 992193`, EAN `1000000992193`
A 15kg dog eats: 195 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.55

The label's table puts a 15kg adult at 195 grams a day.

Budget end of the market for a dry food, and fair value for the quality.

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