More First Steps Large Breeds Dry Food review

Name: More First Steps Large Breeds Dry Food
Brand: More

58.7/100Good

DryPuppy

A chicken-led growth kibble for pups who will finish big, and it prints the line that matters most in a large breed food. Calcium converts to 1.52% of dry matter, comfortably inside the range a big frame wants. The joint support comes with doses on the pack, and it lands in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed pups, with calcium declared and in range
Joints looked after from the start: glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM at 900 mg/kg apiece
A chicken-led bowl, fresh chicken at 23% and chicken meal at 18%
An unsettled stomach, with MOS and FOS at 1000 mg/kg each

Worth watching

Rice and whole maize, so not for a grain free home
Fish meal and salmon oil alongside the chicken
A substantial cereal middle: carbohydrate at 46.8% of dry matter against 39.0% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

58.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies. A big pup's ration climbs for months, so follow the growth chart from current age to finished size and let the ribs fine tune it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

More First Steps Large Breeds Dry Food 58.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A solid mainstream choice: the meat share and the declared calcium lift it, the cereal base holds it level.

What's in it

Fresh chicken23%The flavour a puppy will actually eat.
Rice
Chicken meal18%Already dry, so it carries more protein into the kibble than its share suggests.
Whole maize, beet pulpBinding, with a gentle fibre.
Chicken fat, chicken digest4%, 2%The taste stays on one bird.
Salmon oil, fish mealOmega 3, and fish in the allergen picture.
Brewers yeast, dried egg, linseed, minerals
L-Carnitine, MOS, FOS1200, 1000, 1000 mg/kgCarnitine helps turn fat into usable energy.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MSM900 mg/kg eachDosed, not name-dropped.
Rosemary, yucca, marigold, citrus extracts150 down to 50 mg/kgRosemary does the preserving.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with every trace mineral dosed in sulphate form, zinc at 100mg per kilo.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (23%), Rice, Chicken Meal (18%), Whole Maize, Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat (4%), Salmon Oil, Chicken Digest (2%), Brewers Yeast, Dried Egg, Fish Meal, Minerals, Linseed, L-Carnitine (1200mg/kg), MOS (1000mg/kg), FOS (1000mg/kg), Glucosamine (900mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (900mg/kg), MSM (900mg/kg), Rosemary Extract (150mg/kg), Yucca Extract (100mg/kg), Marigold Meal (50mg/kg), Citrus Extract (50mg/kg)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

388 kcal/100g

Protein

25.5%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.7%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

46.8%

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

47%

Carbs

42.9%

Oils

6.8%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size