More Condition Dry Food review

This recipe lands in our Good band, which is also where the typical adult dry food settles. It gets there on a named meat meal heading the list and a carbohydrate estimate under the shelf norm. Nutritional balance reads Average, held there by ash at 10.9% of dry matter and a fat level of 15.8% that suits a steady adult rather than a dog burning through the day.

Ingredients, as declared: Lamb Meal (25%), Fresh Lamb (24.5%), Rice, Whole Maize, Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat, Salmon Oil (2%), Fish Meal, Chicken Digest, Linseed, Dried Egg, Brewers Yeast, Minerals, MOS (1000mg/kg), FOS (1000mg/kg), Glucosamine (600mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (600mg/kg), MSM (600mg/kg), Rosemary Extract (150mg/kg), Yucca Extract (100mg/kg), Marigold Meal (50mg/kg), Citrus Extract (50mg/kg)

Lamb meal at 25% leads with fresh lamb at 24.5% immediately behind it, and that pairing is the backbone of the recipe. Lamb meal arrives already dried and reaches the finished kibble near its listed weight. In the oven the fresh lamb sheds most of its water. Protein lands at 30.4% of dry matter, a proper adult level.

The starch duty is split between rice and whole maize, and carbohydrate estimates at 40.7% of dry matter where the typical adult dry food runs 46.2%. Beet pulp behind them is the fibre entry, the one that does most for what you pick up on the walk.

Lamb is not the only animal here. Fish meal, chicken fat and chicken digest all appear further down, so three species are contributing. All three are named, and that is the important part, though it does mean lamb cannot be used here to steer a dog clear of poultry or fish.

Fish meal is a genuinely useful entry in its own right, dense in amino acids and minerals and adored by most dogs for its smell. Salmon oil at 2% adds omega 3 of the marine kind on top. Linseed alongside it brings omega 3 in its plant form.

Ash reads 10.9% of dry matter, higher than most kibbles manage, and calcium works out at 3.26%. Bone is the explanation, since meat meals and fish meal both carry it into the mix. For a grown dog that simply means a mineral-rich bowl, though it does place this recipe in adult territory and not in anything you would feed through a puppy's growth.

The printed tail matches the rest of the range. Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM come in at 600 mg/kg each, MOS and FOS at 1000 mg/kg, and rosemary extract at 150 mg/kg holds the fats fresh. Yucca extract at 100 mg/kg, marigold meal and citrus extract at 50 mg/kg are the flourish at the end.

£5.33 a kilo, in 2kg and 12kg bags.

As a guide, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition needs roughly 225 grams a day, on an estimate of around 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). That works out at £1.20 a day. The label puts a dog of 15kg to 20kg at 225 to 280 grams, and the waistline settles the difference.