Markus Muhle

Markus Muhle Lupo Sensitive 20/8 Dry Food review

Name: Markus Muhle Lupo Sensitive 20/8 Dry Food
Brand: Markus Muhle

64.6/100Good

Cold pressedAdultSenior

A deliberately quiet cold-pressed food that sits in our Good band. Potato flour and dried chicken make up most of the bag, and then comes a run of herbs unusual on any shelf: milk thistle at 5%, dried moor, healing earth, nettle and dandelion leaf. Protein and fat are pitched low on purpose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need grain kept out. Potato flour and parsnips carry the starch
Dogs carrying a little extra condition, with fat at 8% as fed
Older dogs on a settled routine; the same label covers adults and seniors
Owners drawn to a herbal recipe
A dog that bolts its dinner, as the pressed pellet crumbles in liquid and does not swell

Worth watching

All the animal protein from one bird, chicken
Salmon oil at 1.5%, so not fish free
Protein at 20% as fed, on the lean side for a hard working dog

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

How this scores

How we score

64.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The daily amount is our estimate, so weigh the first fortnight and adjust by condition.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lupo Sensitive 20/8 Dry Food 64.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

One named meat, a grain free base and an open label carry it, and a modest meat share with a heavy carbohydrate figure hold it back.

What's in it

Potato flour36%The biggest entry and the reason it is grain free. Its job is structure, and most of the carbohydrate comes from it.
Ground dried chicken meat29%The only meat. Dried, so it counts for more than the same figure fresh.
Ground dried parsnips, beet pulpThe fibre.
Milk thistle5%A traditional liver herb, with no claim made for it.
Cold pressed vegetable oil (linseed, rape, borage seed)4.5%Named in its parts.
Algae powder, salmon oil1.5% salmon oilLong chain omegas; the only fish on the label.
Dried moor, healing earth1.5%, 1%Peat, and a fine clay of the sort used to settle a stomach.
Dried stinging nettle, dried dandelion leaves1% eachOld German feeding traditions.
Dried yucca schidigera

A full B group with vitamins A, D3, E and C at printed doses, plus iron and cobalt; zinc, copper, manganese and iodine come only from the ingredients.

Named ingredients

36% potato flour, 29% ground dried chicken meat, ground dried parsnips, beet pulp, 5% milk thistle, 4.5% cold, pressed mixed vegetable oil (contains: linseed oil, rape oil and borage seed oil), algae powder, 1.5% salmon, oil, 1.5% dried moor, 1% healing earth, 1% dried stinging nettle, 1% dried dandelion leaves, dried Yucca, schidigera

Against the range

One recipe, cold pressed and grain free, with chicken the only meat and salmon oil the only other animal. The numbers in the name are the protein and fat as fed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

323.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

57.6%

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

30.5%

Carbs

43%

Veg

10.2%

Oils

3.2%

Other

13%

Pricing & size