Kronch

Kronch Grain Free review

Name: Kronch Grain Free
Brand: Kronch

63.1/100Good

DryAdult

Kronch's cereal-free recipe, and the analysis backs the packaging: carbohydrate is estimated at 39.7% of dry matter, well under the usual run for a dry food. Fresh salmon and fish meal open the list. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate close it. It sits in our Good band, ahead of most of that company.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better off grain
Older or stiffer dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate on the list
Adults that need a meatier bowl: protein declared at 30%
Owners who want a declared moisture figure behind the conversions
Coats that could use help from salmon oil, flaxseed and kelp

Worth watching

Pork blood meal, lard, hydrolysed poultry protein and poultry liver sit behind the salmon, so this is no fish-only food
The poultry names no bird
Dried egg products, for a dog that must avoid egg

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

How this scores

How we score

63.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The label asks 160 to 250 grams a day between 10kg and 20kg, so let the waistline settle where your dog belongs in that range.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Kronch Grain Free 63.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It earns its place on the analysis, with all four pillars level, and the unnamed poultry is a transparency point more than a quality one.

What's in it

Fresh salmon, fish-mealThe fresh salmon is mostly water before baking; the fish meal carries protein into the kibble. No percentages printed.
Potato starch, peas, beans, potato flakesThe binding. Starch for structure, peas for some fibre, and the bean is not named.
Pork blood meal, lardA second animal in the middle of the list.
Salmon meal, flaxseedMarine and plant omega 3 between them, with salmon oil further down.
Citrus pulp, dried beet pulp
Hydrolysed poultry protein, poultry liverPalatants, and no bird named.
Salmon oil, brewer's yeast, lecithin
Dried egg productsMatters when egg is the thing to avoid.
Chicory root, kelp, nettle, milk thistle, yarrow, cranberry, ginger, marigold, meadowsweet, hawthorn, rosemary, alfalfaChicory brings inulin for gut bacteria. The rest sit at trace level.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphateA useful pair for an older frame, with no milligram figure against either.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, manganese, zinc and iodine; no calcium, phosphorus, iron, cobalt or selenium figure is printed.

Named ingredients

Fresh salmon, fish-meal, potato starch, peas, beans, potato flakes, pork blood meal, lard, salmon meal, flaxseed, citrus pulp, dried beet pulp, hydrolysed poultry protein, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, calcium carbonate, lecithin, vitamin / micro mineral mixture zeolitmineral, dried egg products, sodium chloride, choline chloride, potassium chloride, poultry liver, chicory root, dried nettle, milk thistle, magnesium oxide, mono calcium phosphate, dried organic kelp, dried yarrow, cranberry, ginger, dried marigold flower, dried meadowsweet, dried hawthorn, dried rosemary, citric acid, field dried alfalfa, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate.

Against the range

A cereal-free fish kibble with pork and poultry entries behind the salmon. Moisture is declared, so the dry matter conversion is measured, and the published additive panel is shorter than on the rest of the brand's range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

39.7%

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

62.7%

Carbs

35.6%

Oils

0.9%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size