McAdams

McAdams Air Dried: Free Range Turkey review

Name: McAdams Air Dried: Free Range Turkey
Brand: McAdams

77.7/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

Gently air dried and never extruded, and the labels show what that buys: a single meat at three quarters of the bowl or more. The trace elements are protein hydrolysate chelates and the joint package is dosed in print. All three sit in our Excellent band, with protein and processing reading Outstanding throughout.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners after food with no extrusion heat anywhere in its history
Older or stiffening dogs, as glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM come as standard
A dog meeting a new meat. Wild boar is the range's unusual option
Fussy eaters, since gentle drying keeps far more of the meat's own smell
Small dogs, with a 400g pack beside the 1.5kg one

Worth watching

Fermented whey on every recipe, so none is dairy free
Listed for adults only, so this is a range to come to once your dog is grown
Dense food: a portion looks smaller than a usual scoop and is best weighed

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

How this scores

How we score

77.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Weigh the first few portions, as air dried food is dense and easy to overpour.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Free Range Chicken 78.7
Free Range Turkey 77.7
Free Range Wild Boar 77.1

All three Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The three sit close together, so your dog's preference decides between them more than the ranking does.

What's in it

Free range turkey75.4%One bird, dried slowly.
Free range turkey liver6%Declared separately, with a figure.
Sweet potato6%
Vegetable oil glycerine (rapeseed), minerals
Fermented wheyRules out a dairy-free diet.
Dental seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum)0.5%
Kale, turmeric0.5% eachIn place of the chicken's berries and seeds.
Chicory root, beet pulpSteady, well tolerated fibre.
Calcium carbonate, carrots
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MSM2,000mg/kg, 2,000mg/kg, 1,000mg/kgThe joint package, dosed per kilo.

Vitamins A and D3, with iron, copper, zinc and manganese as protein hydrolysate chelates, plus iodine and selenium.

Named ingredients

Free Range Turkey (75.4%), Free Range Turkey Liver (6%), Sweet Potato (6%), Vegetable Oil Glycerine (Rapeseed), Minerals, Fermented Whey, Dental Seaweed (Ascophyllum Nodosum) (0.5%), Kale (0.5%), Turmeric (0.5%), Chicory Root, Beet Pulp, Calcium Carbonate, Carrots. Joint Care Pack: Glucosamine 2,000mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 2,000mg/kg, MSM 1,000mg/kg.

Against the range

Meat: Turkey 75.4%, turkey liver 6%; Chicken at 74.7% on one; wild boar at 80% on the other.
Energy: 384 kcal per 100g; The middle of the three.
Fat, dry matter: 33.9%; Level with the boar; the chicken is 28.6%.

For a dog that wants poultry but has had its fill of chicken, this is the one.

Each recipe keeps to one animal at three quarters of the bowl or more, and the two poultry recipes count 6% liver as its own line. Sweet potato at 6% is the only carbohydrate of any size, with beet pulp and chicory root doing the fibre work and rapeseed glycerine keeping the texture pliable. Fermented whey and dental seaweed appear on all three, and every label closes with glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM at printed doses.

What varies is the fruit and vegetable tail, each item declared down to a quarter of a percent, and the density. Moisture runs from 18.7% to 24.9%, and energy from 358 to 407 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

384 kcal/100g

Protein

23.9%

Fat

26.1%

Fibre

1.96%

Ash

5.9%

Moisture

23.1%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

33.9%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

24.8%

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

81.4%

Carbs

7.3%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

3.6%

Other

5.2%

Pricing & size