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Leader Adult Sensitive Large Breed review

Name: Leader Adult Sensitive Large Breed
Brand: Leader

57/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A deliberately quiet recipe for big dogs whose digestion is easily upset, in our Good band in both lamb and salmon. What sets it apart is the fat: sunflower oil stands in for the chicken fat most kibbles use. Each bag has one animal protein and a short plant tail, and L-tryptophan is printed with a figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large dogs with touchy stomachs, the dog this was written and sized for
Homes keeping a dog off chicken
Plain cereals only: brown rice and white rice, nothing else
A highly strung dog, with L-tryptophan declared at 100 mg per kilo

Worth watching

An unnamed hydrolysed liver protein, which rules both out for a strict elimination trial
Modest fat and carbohydrate above the adult dry norm, so a hard-working large dog may need a bigger bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

57/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adult dogs. Big dogs eat well beyond the reference dog, from 225 grams at 20kg to 408 grams at 45kg on the pack, so weigh out the first bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Leader Adult Sensitive Large Breed 57.0
Salmon 55.9

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Both sit at the centre of the adult dry category, so close together that the protein you need should decide it.

What's in it

Dehydrated lamb27%Dehydrated, so the figure holds through cooking.
Brown rice, white riceThe only grains. Bland and easily digested; no wheat, maize or soya.
Sunflower oilWhere most kibbles use chicken fat.
Potato proteinLifts the protein total without a second animal.
Whole linseedPlant omega 3, a slower road to a glossy coat than fish oil.
Minerals, alfalfa, seaweed mealSeaweed brings iodine and trace minerals.
Hydrolysed liver proteinThe palatant, and the one entry with no species named.
Yeast extract, chicory inulinInulin feeds the bacteria already in the gut.
Yucca schidigeraThe one owners notice out on the lawn.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, selenium, iron, manganese, zinc and iodine, all dosed, plus L-lysine at 1,780mg and L-tryptophan at 100mg a kilo.

Hydrolysed liver protein names no species, so this cannot anchor a strict elimination trial.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Lamb (27%), Brown Rice, White Rice, Sunflower Oil, Potato Protein, Whole Linseed, Minerals, Alfalfa, Seaweed Meal, Hydrolysed Liver Protein, Yeast Extract, Chicory Inulin, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Meat: Dehydrated lamb, 27%; Salmon at 26% in the other bag.
Fat: 10.0%; 11.0% on the salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 53.9%; 51.6% on the salmon.

The leaner bag, and the one for a big dog that has eaten enough poultry for one lifetime.

Both bags follow one recipe: a single dehydrated animal protein at the top, brown and white rice for starch, sunflower oil for fat and potato protein behind the meat. The plant tail is short, with linseed, alfalfa, seaweed meal and chicory inulin. Dehydrated meat keeps its percentage through the oven, which a fresh meat figure would not.

L-lysine and L-tryptophan are dosed on both labels. What differs is the animal and the trace mineral doses, which run higher on the lamb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

24.4%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

53.9%

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

28%

Carbs

58.2%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

6.4%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size