Kronch Daily Pawformance review

It comes to rest in the Good band, holding the same ground as the typical adult dry food. Most of that is earned by three named species opening a short list, with no added oil of unnamed origin to explain away. The plant side keeps it honest: carbohydrate is estimated at 50.6% of dry matter where 46.2% is typical, and protein converts to 22.8%, which reads gentle rather than rich. Transparency, protein and processing and value each come in at Good, and nutritional balance is the one that falls away to Poor. For an ordinary active dog, that combination of clear labelling and moderate density is exactly what the name promises.

Ingredients, as declared: Fish (25% fresh salmon and Trout), 14% Chicken, rice, maize, barley, blood meal, brewer's yeast, beet pulp, lecithin, garlic, vitamins and minerals.

The fish entry is a generous one at 25% fresh salmon and trout, and chicken follows at 14%. Both are fresh weights, which means a lot of that mass is water that leaves during baking, so the finished kibble holds less animal material than the headline implies. The analysis reflects it, with protein at 22.8% of dry matter, fat at 14.1% and energy at 350 kcal per 100g. The compensation is transparency: salmon, trout and chicken are all named outright, and that is what a dog with a history of reactions needs from a label.

Rice, maize and barley do the carrying, and the estimated carbohydrate lands at 50.6% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical of adult dry food. Once cooked, barley is the pick of the three for nutrition, and it brings fibre and a few useful trace minerals. It does carry gluten. Beet pulp adds fermentable fibre behind them, which tends to show up as better-formed stools.

There is no lard, oil or fat entry on this list at all, which is unusual and worth understanding. It means the 13% declared fat arrives inside the fish, the chicken and the blood meal, with nothing poured on afterwards, so nothing on the fat side is left unnamed. Blood meal is the one entry that gives no species, and it is there as a concentrated protein source.

Brewer's yeast, lecithin and garlic close the list. Yeast brings B vitamins naturally and works as a palatant in its own right. Lecithin is the emulsifier. Garlic sits at the seasoning quantity its position implies. Small measured amounts of garlic are a long-standing habit in Nordic recipes and are a different matter altogether from a large dose, though it is fair enough to want to know it is in there.

The one real gap is what is not printed. Alone in the range, this recipe publishes no vitamin or mineral panel, so there are no declared doses to read. No moisture figure is given either, so the dry matter column sits on the usual 8% for a kibble. The feeding figures on the page are calculated from energy, not lifted from a bag table. They carry puppy rows even though this is sold as an adult food, so start there and adjust.

£2.86 a kilo, sold as a 15kg bag.

On a maintenance estimate of about 840 kcal a day for a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition (110 × bodyweight^0.75), the bowl holds around 240 grams and the day comes to £0.69. The published feeding figures are worked from energy, not printed as a label table, so let the waistline be the final word on the portion.