More Lighter Dry Food review

Name: More Lighter Dry Food
Brand: More

49/100Average

DryAdult

A calorie-controlled kibble for a dog carrying more than they should, built the way light foods are built. Fat is trimmed to 9.8% of dry matter, rice leads the list, and cellulose and beet pulp bulk out the bowl. What lifts it is the dosing behind the diet: L-carnitine printed at 1200 mg/kg and the joint trio at 600 mg/kg each.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog on a weight plan. Fat sits at 9.8% of dry matter
Owners who want the bowl to still look like dinner, as cellulose and beet pulp add bulk without energy
Neutered or quieter dogs whose appetite has outrun their day
Heavier dogs feeling it in the joints: glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate and MSM at 600 mg/kg each
Anyone who likes the weight ingredient named. L-carnitine is printed at 1200 mg/kg

Worth watching

Rice ahead of the chicken, and carbohydrate estimating at 53.7% of dry matter
Chicken meal down at 9.5%, with potato protein helping out the protein figure
Cellulose is a purified fibre powder, not fibre from whole vegetables
Chicken throughout and salmon oil at 2%, so neither can be avoided

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

How this scores

How we score

49/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A dog actively losing weight is fed below the label amount, so agree the target weight before setting the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

More Lighter Dry Food 49.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A light recipe gives up points on our scoring for the very things that make it work as a diet, and this one is well put together for that job.

What's in it

RiceFirst on the list, which tells you what kind of food this is.
Fresh chicken20.5%
Whole maize, oats
Chicken meal9.5%The dried chicken that survives the oven, kept low on purpose.
Beet pulpA gentler fibre, taking crude fibre to 3.8% of dry matter.
Potato proteinLifts the protein total from the plant side; less digestible than meat protein.
Chicken digest, dried egg, brewers yeast, linseed
Salmon oil2%Adds fish to the bowl.
Cellulose, mineralsPurified plant fibre a dog passes almost untouched. Fills the stomach with no energy behind it.
L-carnitine, MOS, FOS, glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MSM, plant extracts1200mg/kg down to 50mg/kgCarnitine for the weight work, the joint trio at 600mg/kg each, and rosemary extract keeping the fats fresh.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, copper, manganese and zinc as sulphates, iodine as calcium iodate and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Rice, Fresh Chicken (20.5%), Whole Maize, Oats, Chicken Meal (9.5%), Beet Pulp, Potato Protein, Chicken Digest, Dried Egg, Brewers Yeast, Linseed, Salmon Oil (2%), Cellulose, Minerals, L-Carnitine (1200mg/kg), 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)

Against the range

A single light recipe. Fat is cut to 9.8% of dry matter, protein lands at 24.5% and carbohydrate estimates at 53.7%, with energy at 347 kcal per 100 grams.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

347 kcal/100g

Protein

22.5%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.5%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

53.7%

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

34.7%

Carbs

61.6%

Oils

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size