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Leader Adult Sensitive Large Breed: Salmon review

Name: Leader Adult Sensitive Large Breed: Salmon
Brand: Leader

55.9/100Good

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

55.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Salmon

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 salmon26%The only animal protein from the sea in this range.
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 at lower doses than the lamb, plus the same L-lysine and L-tryptophan.

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

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Salmon (26%), 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 salmon, 26%; Lamb at 27% in the other bag.
Protein: 23.0%; The higher of the two.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 51.6%; 53.9% on the lamb.

The obvious pick for a dog that does better off land meats.

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

336.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

25.6%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

51.6%

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

27%

Carbs

59%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

6.5%

Other

Pricing & size