Leader

Leader Senior Medium Breed review

Name: Leader Senior Medium Breed
Brand: Leader

56.5/100Good

DryAdultSenior

The brand's chicken and rice idea, made gentler and lower in fat for a middle sized dog past its prime. Fat is held at 10% and cereal fills the gap, so carbohydrate reaches an estimated 56.7% of dry matter. It lands in our Good band and makes an unfussy food for the dog it names.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium sized seniors, the dog the recipe is built for
An ageing waistline, with fat declared at 10.0%
Older joints. Glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin sulphate are both on the list
A fading appetite, helped along by hydrolysed liver protein and yeast extract
Owners who want one named meat at the front

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at an estimated 56.7% of dry matter, against the 46.2% typical of adult dry food
No animal named behind the hydrolysed liver protein
Chicken is both the meat and the fat, so not for a chicken-reactive dog

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

How this scores

How we score

56.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior medium breed dogs. Older dogs are often less active than a chart allows, so start at the lower end of the feeding guide and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Leader Senior Medium Breed 56.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Low fat and high cereal by design, which costs it on nutritional balance and leaves it in Good with most adult dry food.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken26%Goes in dried, so the figure holds through baking.
Brown rice, white riceEasy on an older digestion once cooked.
Chicken fat
Dehulled oats
Whole linseed, minerals, alfalfaLinseed is the plant form of omega 3.
Hydrolysed liver protein, yeast extractFlavour for a waning appetite. The liver's animal is not named.
Chicory inulinPrebiotic, for the bacteria lower down.
Dried cranberries, dried beetroot, rosemary
Glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphateNo amounts printed, so a nudge and not a measured dose.
Ginger, turmeric, Yucca schidigera

Every vitamin and trace element is dosed in print, with zinc given twice: as oxide and as a more readily absorbed amino acid chelate.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Chicken (26%), Brown Rice, White Rice, Chicken Fat, Dehulled Oats, Whole Linseed, Minerals, Alfalfa, Hydrolysed Liver Protein, Yeast Extract, Chicory Inulin, Dried Cranberries, Dried Beetroot, Rosemary, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Ginger, Turmeric, Chondroitin Sulphate, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

Dehydrated chicken at 26% is the only named animal, and chicken fat is the fat. White and brown rice and dehulled oats make up the body of the bag. Behind them runs a long tail of small extras, linseed and alfalfa through to ginger, turmeric and a joint pairing, none of them with an amount.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

23.3%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

56.7%

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

27.5%

Carbs

58.7%

Veg

1.9%

Oils

6.4%

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size