Laughing Dog

Laughing Dog Grain Free Adult Complete Wet: Duck Casserole review

Name: Laughing Dog Grain Free Adult Complete Wet: Duck Casserole
Brand: Laughing Dog

74/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Three grain-free casseroles in our Excellent band, each built on a single named meat at 60%. Nothing on any of the three labels is left to a category term. Fat is what sets them apart, so the trays eat quite differently.

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Our view

Likely to suit

One-meat diets, with no second land animal in the bowl
Owners avoiding grain. Dried potato does the starch work
Dogs tired of chicken, with duck and lamb built to the same pattern
Owners who want the calorie count printed
Hearty eaters and multi-dog homes, as trays come by the case of 8

Worth watching

A little salmon oil in every tray
No single trays, so a first order is a full case
No calcium level on any of the three

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

How this scores

How we score

74/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. If you already feed a supplement alongside, note that no calcium figure is printed on these trays.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck Casserole 74.0
Chicken Casserole 73.9
Lamb Hotpot 73.4

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Holding Excellent in a strong category takes a meat-led recipe, and fat is what separates three trays built the same way.

What's in it

Duck60%
Dried potato5%
Dried peas1.4%
Sunflower oil0.75%
Dried carrot0.65%
Salmon oil0.3%The only fish.
Tomato pomace, dried kelp, dried basil, yucca0.0075% kelpKelp is a natural iodine source.

Vitamins A, D and E with zinc, iron, manganese and copper, the only panel in the range that itemises copper.

Named ingredients

Duck (60%), Dried Potato (5%), Dried Peas (1.4%), Sunflower Oil (0.75%), Dried Carrot (0.65%), Salmon Oil (0.3%), Tomato Pomace, Dried Kelp (0.0075%), Dried Basil, Yucca Extract (0.005%).

Against the range

Energy: 125 kcal per 100g; The richest; 110 to 119 in the others.
Copper: Itemised; Not on the other two panels.
Fat, dry matter: 36.0%; Level with the chicken.

A sensible move for a dog raised on poultry and ready for something else.

Each tray opens with one named meat at 60%, and the only other animal entry is a little salmon oil. The base is small and printed in full: dried potato at 4% or 5%, dried peas and dried carrot at 0.65%. No entry on any label is a category term.

The botanical tails differ, chicory and berries in the chicken, kelp and basil in the duck and lamb. Each tray carries a dosed vitamin and mineral panel, typed slightly differently, and none prints a calcium level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

125 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

36%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

10%

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

60%

Added water

19.1%

Carbs

6.4%

Veg

9.2%

Oils

1.1%

Other

4.3%